Torrent Freak reports that the legal fight over QuebecTorrent heads to court this summer with hearings scheduled for July in Montreal.
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Public Policy Forum Disinvites Knopf from IP Symposium
Howard Knopf reveals that the Public Policy Forum, which is hosting a symposium next week on intellectual property in Ottawa (I am on a panel), has disinvited him. Knopf suggests that the move comes as a result of "strong pressure was brought to bear on PPF" and that "PPF capitulated."
Canada Remains in Good Company in USTR Special 301 Report
The U.S. Trade Representative has released its annual Special 301 report, in which it criticizes dozens of countries over their intellectual property laws while ignoring its own shortcomings. Despite demands from the copyright lobby that Canada be placed on the "Priority Watch List," Canada is again on the lower level […]
Canada Remains in Good Company in USTR Special 301 Report
The U.S. Trade Representative has released its annual Special 301 report, in which it criticizes dozens of countries over their intellectual property laws while ignoring its own shortcomings. Despite demands from the copyright lobby that Canada be placed on the "Priority Watch List," Canada is again on the lower level […]
ACA2K
The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project, a major new copyright initiative, is launching today to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day. Supported by IDRC and the Shuttleworth Foundation, the project will examine copyright laws throughout the continent. My colleague Jeremy deBeer is part of the research team.
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