Bloomberg is reporting that late last night the French Parliament voted to extend the reach of private copying by expressly providing that "authors cannot forbid the reproduction of works that are made on any format from an online communications service when they are intended to be used privately'' and not […]
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Copyright
CBA’s The National on Copyright Reform
The National, the Canadian Bar Association's monthly magazine, features a lengthy article on copyright reform in the December 2005 issue (the full issue is available for download in PDF form; the relevant article is at pages 32-37). The article contains several quotes from me on the dangers of anti-circumvention legislation. […]
TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright
Copyright debate on TVO’s the Agenda (view and listen/MP3 on TVO.com).
Election Answers
For the past two weeks, I have featured columns focusing on law and technology issues within the context of the upcoming election. Last week I focused on the Liberal record during its minority government and this week I posed "big picture" issues that need answering. I got my first answer […]
Election Questions
While Sam Bulte provides some election answers, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has posed a series of new questions to the political parties. I must admit that I find the questions incredibly disappointing. The AUCC chose to ask essentially the same question in nine different ways. That […]
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