A Winnipeg man behind Audiomaxxx.com faces 52 charges under the Copyright Act after the RCMP seized more than 200,000 CDs and DVDs.
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Copyright Blackout Protests Go Global
Fresh off the success protesting unbalanced copyright laws in New Zealand, blackout protests have been launched in France and Ireland, two other countries facing "graduated response" policies.
Indigo Uses Copyright Bullying to Stop Seen Reading Site
Quill & Quire reports on an Indigo employee preventing Julie Wilson, who runs the popular Seen Reading site, from copying a 50-word excerpt from a book, by mistakenly citing copyright law.
Amazon Caves on Kindle
Amazon has caved to pressure from the Authors Guild, who indicated that it might sue over the text-to-speech technology in the Kindle. Amazon maintained that the feature was legal, but presumably dropped the feature for business reasons.
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