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Copyright

Ex-Conference Board Author Speaks Out; Confirms “Push Back” From Copyright Lobby Funders

The following was posted late yesterday by Curtis Cook, one of the listed authors on the plagiarized Conference Board of Canada reports.  Cook's experience sheds new light on the Conference Board plagiarism story, including interference from copyright lobby funders, the exclusion of deBeer's research from the report, and the decision […]

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June 3, 2009 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Search Engine on the Conference Board of Canada’s Plagiarized Reports

TVO's Search Engine has a great podcast on last week's events on the Conference Board of Canada's plagiarized IP reports, including an interview with CEO Anne Golden. Jesse Brown pushes Golden to respond not only to the plagiarism, but the concerns about bias as well.

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June 2, 2009 6 comments News

The Agenda’s Decade of Downloading Debate

Last Friday, I appeared on TVO's The Agenda for a 40 minute debate titled "A Decade of Downloading." Other participants include Bob Wiseman (formerly of Blue Rodeo), Matt Hartley of the Globe and Mail, Grant Dexter of MapleMusic, and Andy Maize of the Skydiggers and MapleMusic.  The program is embedded […]

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June 1, 2009 8 comments News

Cinema Guzzo Faces $10K Damage Award for Invasive Search

Cinema Guzzo, a Montreal-based theatre chain, has been ordered to pay $10,000 in damages arising from the search of a patron's bag that violated their privacy rights.  The lawsuit over the "abusive search" was first filed in July 2007.  While this case has nothing to do with copyright, how long […]

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June 1, 2009 2 comments News

“The reports were not intended to please any particular lobby”

Anne Golden, CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, in conversation with IT Business about the three reports recalled by her organization.

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May 29, 2009 9 comments News