Alex Cameron, who successfully argued the privacy issues in the BMG v. Doe file sharing case at both the trial and appellate level, has written with his reading of the test articulated by the Federal Court of Appeal. Alex has done a great job of pulling out the many precautions […]
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Copyright
Over-Dose
Earlier today I provided links to some of the coverage from Thursday's file sharing decision. A small article from Dose, the free Canwest daily paper, was not included (it isn't online) but merits some attention.The article features brief Q & A's with Alex Cameron, who argued the privacy issues for CIPPIC, and with Graham Henderson, CRIA's President. In response to an open-ended question on his thoughts on the decision, Henderson responds:
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Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian Experience
Piercing the Peer-to-Peer Myths: An Examination of the Canadian Experience, First Monday, volume 10, number 4 (April 2005) (2005)
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