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

Why Copyright?

A talk on copyright reform delivered to Concordia University (slides and audio).

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September 20, 2008 Comments are Disabled Audio, Podcasts

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ringtone Appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's ruling that upheld the Copyright Board's ringtone decision.

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September 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

CLA Releases Briefing Paper on C-61

Sam Trosow notes that the Canadian Library Association has released Unlocking the Public Interest, a briefing paper on C-61.

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September 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Copyright Lobbying: September Update

Last month, I posted on the data from the new lobbyist registry that includes reports on meetings with senior government officials.  The first batch of entries included meetings on intellectual property with CRIA, Microsoft, CTVGlobemedia, and Google.  The newest update, which covers the month of August, includes the following new […]

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September 17, 2008 3 comments News

VoteEducation.ca

The Canadian Federation of Students has launched voteeducation.ca, a site devoted to the upcoming election.  Copyright reform plays a prominent role in the list of issues.

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September 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled News