As expected, the government has placed the new copyright bill on the Notice Paper for next week. This confirms widespread rumours that Industry Minister Jim Prentice will introduce the Canadian DMCA next week, most likely on Tuesday.
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U.S. Public Radio on Canadian DMCA
Jon Gordon's Future Tense program on American Public Media covers the Canadian DMCA story (MP3 version) .
Calling in Your Regrets on the Canadian DMCA
Cory Doctorow points to an event being organized on Facebook to meet with Industry Minister Jim Prentice at his open house in Calgary on Saturday. If you are in Calgary, the open house runs from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 8th at 1318 Centre Street NE, Suite 105. […]
DMCA Architect Appears on CBC’s Search Engine
Industry Minister Jim Prentice continues to duck questions, but Bruce Lehman, the architect of the DMCA, was apparently happy to come on CBC's Search Engine program to discuss the law. His verdict? "I don't think it [DMCA] has achieved the objectives we necessarily intended."
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