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30 Things You Can Do About DRM, UK Edition

The Open Rights Group creates a UK edition.

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October 5, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Weatherall on Australian Copyright Exceptions

Kim Weatherall analyzes the proposed Australian reforms to their copyright exceptions.

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October 5, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Defective by Design’s Day Against DRM

October 3rd is Defective by Design's Day Against DRM . The group has compiled a list of hundreds of things that people can do to address the issue.  There are several Canadian activities planned.  At the conclusion of my 30 Days of DRM series, I provided a list of 30 […]

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October 2, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

CMRRA on Private Copying

Last week I posted a note about CRIA’s position on private copying at a recent copyright board hearing.  My colleague Jeremy deBeer highlights the CMRRA position, which also raises interesting questions about reconciling seemingly conflicting perspectives about the mix between private copying and DRM.

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September 28, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Canada Against WIPO Broadcast Treaty Diplomatic Conference

Reports from Geneva, where WIPO is holding its General Assembly, indicate that Canada has come out against a diplomatic conference for the WIPO Broadcast Treaty.  The U.S. is now also opposed to the conference, which was seemingly pushed through several weeks ago without consensus support.  I wrote about the controversial […]

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September 27, 2006 Comments are Disabled News