Last week I blogged about internal Canadian documents that indicate support for greater ACTA transparency. Now the pressure is building elsewhere, as the U.S. Trade Representative Office has promised to conduct a review of policies and Swedish politicians are voicing their support for greater openness.
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Copyright Forum Photos
Macleans.ca has posted a series of photographs from this week's copyright forum in Toronto.
NBC Shuts Down Battlestar Galactica Finale Fundraiser
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VANOC Uses Copyright To Target Ticket Re-Seller
The CBC reports that Vancouver Olympic organizers have filed suit against a B.C. ticket re-seller. Without a ticket re-sale law in the province, VANOC is using copyright and consumer protection legislation.
Tell Me Lies
This evening I participated in a lively, well-attended forum on copyright in Toronto. Hosted by MP Olivia Chow, the panel included MP Charlie Angus, Victoria Owen (representing the Canadian Library Association), Stephen Waddell (ACTRA), and Don Quarles (Songwriters). A streamed version of the event should soon be available here.
While the discussion covered a range of issues and featured some important revelations which I'll address soon in a separate post, I thought that I would post my opening remarks. I used as my starting point Clay Shirky's terrific post on the weekend about newspapers and applied some of his thoughts to Canadian copyright. My prepared remarks:
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