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Canada should not bow to the RIAA/MPAA - 13 Feb 2008
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the only individuals who will benefit from a Canadianized version of the DCMA will be organizations who hold the copy rights on their various products. In particular, the CRIA – the Canadian branch of the Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] lobby group – and the MPAA, that […]
Read Full Post »Copyright Reform sees opposition from Facebook groups - 13 Jan 2008
Well the Christmas season has come and gone. Like many people, our parliamentarians are back to the grindstone in just a few weeks, and while most of us have been working at our respective jobs since the start of the year, our MP’s have been preparing for what will be the next round in […]
Read Full Post »What? No Crown Copyright? - 27 Nov 2007
The copyright front has been quiet recently. There have been rumors for several months now that the minority power government of Stephen Harper will be introducing a copyright reform bill to the Canadian Parliament any week now. Although this particular rumor was rampant near the end of the last session of Parliament as […]
Read Full Post »DRM Restricts rights of fair use and fair dealing. - 03 May 2007
In talking about my most recent postings about DRM, the DMCA, and their effects on intellectual property I started to consider why the MPAA and RIAA are so determined to force these kind of restrictions upon consumers.
The argument most often put forward by those organizations is that they need to protect the intellectual property of […]
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 - 02 May 2007
Quietly over night, a revolt happened. It was not on the morning news, it was not covered by CNN, and no shots were fired, but it happened. In the over night hours Digg.com (a popular user submitted news site) received a torrent of postings about one thing and one thing only.
The thing they […]
What happened to Davids video? - 01 May 2007
Some times in the world of copyright and intellectual property you come across something so ridiculous, something so irrational, that you are just left gasping wondering “what were they thinking”.
I went through this when I read a recent story about CTV journalist David Akin who was notified that a video he posted to Googles YouTube […]
Should Canada hold copyright on government documents? - 08 Apr 2007
It is a fairly obvious and logical train of thought. Governments are funded by taxpayers to operate on behalf of those same taxpayers. So any programs, property, or information, developed in course by said government should be openly accessible by the citizens.
Most people won’t really see this particular issue as being of any […]
