Howard Knopf notes that the Government is officially advertising for new members of the Copyright Board of Canada. This year there could be up to four vacancies.
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Norwegian Study Finds Downloaders Buy More Music
A Norwegian study (translated version) into the music downloading and purchasing habits of nearly 2,000 Internet users found that downloaders were more likely to buy music than non-downloaders. The finding is consistent with a previous Industry Canada-sponsored study.
A Googlized Torrent Search Engine
Mashable points to the creation of a customized Google torrent search page. The site was not created by Google (a user did it) and the same functionality has long existed within Google. Yet the site obviously highlights some of the challenges of distinguishing between sites that offer the ability to […]
The U.S. Copyright Agenda and Chinese Freedom of Speech
Julian Ho of the IP Osgoode blog has an interesting post on how U.S. pressure on China to reform its copyright laws may have an adverse effect on freedom of speech.
Slate on the Perfect Online Movie Service
Farhad Manjoo of Slate on why the perfect online movie service is at least a decade away.
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