Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Copyright

Canadian Musicians Caution on Copyright

The Canadian Music Creators Coalition has issued a press release renewing its call for the Canadian government to reject anti-circumvention legislation and reforms that facilitate lawsuits against individuals.

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October 22, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canadian Public Domain Told To Cease and Desist

The International Music Score Library Project was a quiet Canadian success story.  Using wiki technologies, it emerged over the past two years as a leading source of public domain music scores, hosting thousands of scores uploaded by a community of students, teachers, and others in the music community.  The site […]

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October 21, 2007 25 comments News

National Post on Copyright Reform

The National Post features a nicely balanced article on forthcoming copyright reform in Canada.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

USTR Declines to Pursue Canadian Film Subsidy Complaint

The USTR has announced that it has declined to pursue a U.S. petition that argued that Canadian subsidies on the filming of U.S.-produced television shows and theatrical films within Canada were inconsistent with WTO obligations.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

U.S. Congressional Committee Targets Canada

Ars Technica reports that a U.S. Congressional hearing on IP infringement targets China, Russia, and Canada.  Our offence?  Not enacting a DMCA.

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October 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News