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Copyright

Sony Recommends DRM Circumvention

Ars Technica points out that Sony, the last DRM holdout, is now advising users how to circumvent its own DRM.

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January 4, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Prentice Calls for “Extensive Copyright Discussions”. . . After the Canadian DMCA Is Introduced

Industry Minister Jim Prentice appeared on CBC's Biznet (RAM file) this morning to talk copyright.  As Prentice talked about companies who "intellectualize property" and copyright as "a fascinating issue and a fascinating piece of legislation," he did not reveal much about the forthcoming bill.  Instead, he relied on the same […]

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January 3, 2008 22 comments News

Prentice Calls for “Extensive Copyright Discussions”. . . After the Canadian DMCA Is Introduced

Industry Minister Jim Prentice appeared on CBC's Biznet (RAM file) this morning to talk copyright.  As Prentice talked about companies who "intellectualize property" and copyright as "a fascinating issue and a fascinating piece of legislation," he did not reveal much about the forthcoming bill.  Instead, he relied on the same […]

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January 3, 2008 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Quebec Bloggers on the Canadian DMCA

Greg Sadetsky proposes a great new year's resolution, while Miguel Tremblay laments the lack of Quebec coverage of the issue.

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January 2, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Public Domain Day 2008

Wallace returns with his annual public domain day list, concluding that "it's your past, your cultural heritage, your public domain. Promote it, celebrate it, and use it, or we will lose it."

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January 1, 2008 Comments are Disabled News