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CMEC On Fair Dealing

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada has published its third bulletin on copyright reform, this time explaining why it believes fair dealing is insufficient for its needs and that an Internet exception for education is the better approach. The bulletin highlights again how CMEC and its allies have failed […]

March 13, 2008 — 8 comments — News

Charlie Angus on a WIPO Reality Check

The NDP's Charlie Angus offers Industry Minister Jim Prentice a much-needed reality check on WIPO and copyright reform.

March 10, 2008 — 5 comments — News

CMEC Renews Call for Educational Exemption

Sam Trosow points to (and dismantles) the latest CMEC call for an Internet exception to cover "free stuff" on the Internet. The CMEC proposal continues to drive a wedge between education groups and discouragingly burns important political capital on an ill-advised reform that is unnecessary and potentially harmful.

March 10, 2008 — 4 comments — News

Facing Up To Facebook: The Fight For Fair Copyright in Canada

Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a talk at Osgoode Hall titled Facing Up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada. The abstract of the talk was: In December 2007, the Canadian government planned to introduce new copyright legislation that was to have mirrored the U.S. […]