Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Copyright

Obama Transition Team Uses Creative Commons Licence

The Obama transition team website located at change.gov has adjusted its copyright license to a Creative Commons attribution licence.  The Canadian government still maintains crown copyright over similar documents.

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December 2, 2008 1 comment News

Knopf on IP and the Economy

Howard Knopf has a terrific post on how Canada could use IP and IP policy to address concerns with the economy.

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December 1, 2008 1 comment News

Why Copyright?: Canadian Voices on Copyright Law

One year ago today, I launched the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group.  The past twelve months have seen thousands of Canadians speak out on copyright reform with the issue capturing political and public attention as never before.   Today, I am delighted to post a Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on […]

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November 30, 2008 20 comments News

Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law – DVD

Why Copyright?: Canadian Voices on Copyright Law, DVD produced by Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary

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November 30, 2008 2 comments Video

Garneau on Canadian Technology Policy

CBC features an interview with Marc Garneau, new Liberal MP and former head of the Canada Space Agency.  Garneau, the Liberal science and technology critic, acknowledges that "there were a surprising number of people who contacted me who had questions and reservations about the current bill [C-61]."

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November 26, 2008 Comments are Disabled News