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Copyright

RCMP Lays Charges Over Karaoke Copyright Infringement

And they actually thought it warranted a press release.

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July 27, 2006 4 comments News

WaPo on the RIAA

Steve Pearlstein, a Washington Post business columnist, calls for "pruning of overgrown copyright laws."

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July 19, 2006 1 comment News

Canadian Copyright Lobby on G-8 IP Statement

The Canadian copyright lobby, including CAAST, CRIA, CMPDA, and several others, have issued a release congratulating the government on the G-8 statement on intellectual property issues.  The release (which I can't find online) says that the associations support the statement and look "forward to the Canadian government fulfilling these commitments […]

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July 18, 2006 1 comment News

Dutch Appeals Court Refuses to Disclose File Sharers Identities

When CRIA lost its file sharing lawsuits against 29 alleged file sharers in 2004, it immediately characterized Canadian law as out-of-step with the rest of the world and dismissed the privacy-related concerns that arose from the case.  Two years later, The Register brings word that the Netherlands appears to be […]

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July 15, 2006 3 comments News

The Pig and the Box

In a direct response to Access Copyright's Captain Copyright, a Victoria writer and artist has produced The Pig and the Box, a short children's story designed to foster the values of sharing.  Indeed, the work is available under a Creative Commons licensed and the author advises that it has already […]

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July 15, 2006 1 comment News