Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 23, 2006 as Vote Against Online Voting Communities across Ontario head to the polls next month in municipal elections that determine mayors, city councilors, school trusties, and a host of other local government positions. If history is any guide, turnout will be very […]
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Australia Releases Copyright Amendment Bill
As always, Kim Weatherall has the details including the incredibly short timeline for discussion of a 219-page law.
IFPI Excludes University from P2P Press Conference
More here on the situation in Brazil.
Yahoo on DRM
Yahoo music executive David Goldberg on DRM and music : "The notion that a track I buy in DRM is protected and one without DRM isn't is a fallacy," Goldberg says. "It's all nonsense. Music is never going to be protected, and anybody who tells you that is not being […]
Does YouTube Deal Foreshadow Licensed P2P?
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version , BBC version ) examines the parallels between YouTube and Napster, asking whether the YouTube – Google deal might foreshadow licensed peer-to-peer systems. While some media companies, including Time Warner, speculated publicly late last week about possible lawsuits, it is […]
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