More than 500 Canadian art professionals have formed a new coalition to call on the government to take a balanced approach to copyright reform. Appropriation Art: A Coalition of Arts Professionals, includes arts organizations from Alberta, BC, Quebec, Ontario, and Saskatchewan along with hundreds of artists from across Canada. The […]
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The Continuing Adventures of Captain Copyright
The Captain Copyright debacle continues with Access Copyright seemingly editing the site on the fly as the criticism mounts. I already noted the changes to the linking policy, while Matthew Skala calls attention to the removal of materials that used content from Wikipedia. As part of the continuing adventures of […]
More of a Good Thing, Part One
Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has joined fellow commissioners Stoddart, Cavoukian, and Loukidelis in writing to Ministers Oda and Bernier regarding their concerns with the privacy implications of copyright reform. While groups such as CRIA have sought to dismiss the privacy concerns, it will be difficult for the government to […]
UK APIG Report on DRM Released
The UK All Party Parliamentary Internet Group has released its report on DRM. Lots of noteworthy recommendations including increased disclosures, warnings of possible criminal actions against those behind Sony rootkit type cases, competition investigations, and broader exemptions to anti-circumvention provisions.
Linking to Captain Copyright
One of the discussion points regarding Access Copyright's Captain Copyright, has been the attempt to restrict who can link to the site. Interestingly, Access Copyright has now altered the specific linking terms. The earlier version, which is still used for the main Access Copyright site, provided that:
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