The media reverberations from the copyright delay continue with some very significant mainstream media coverage. CBC's The National covered the story on Tuesday (video on the Facebook group and YouTube but I haven't seen a more accessible version), I appeared on CBC's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos last night, and […]
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CIRPA Criticizes Copyright Delay
The Canadian Independent Record Production Association has criticized the government for the copyright delay, seemingly ignoring the significant growth in Canadian market share for its members and the Industry Canada P2P study.
Strombo and Trotsky Coverage
Copyright segment on The National and appearance on The Hour.
Access Copyright Claims Copyright Reforms May Be On Hold “Indefinitely”
The Shoestring, a blog run by Magazines Canada, reports that Access Copyright has sent out a message to its members urging them to encourage Industry Minister Jim Prentice to introduce the new copyright bill. Access Copyright claims in the letter that "after a great deal of pressur from a protest […]
Gold on Chocolate and Copyright
McGill's Richard Gold has an op-ed in today's Globe and Mail lamenting Kraft's decision to restart copyright litigation against EuroExcellence over the importation of chocolate. Gold notes that "this is exactly the kind of misuse of the law that judges say is undermining the public's respect for the justice system." […]
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