A few days ago, we reported on the Bloc, one of Canada's federal political parties, wanting ISPs more liable for copyright infringement. Today, a spokesperson from Rogers ...
There is no shortage of coverage on Canada's new copyright reform. While ACTRA called Canada's DMCA a 'good first step', a member seems to be dismayed by the stance, ...
One of the many headline grabbers is the damages that could be awarded. Downloading copyrighted works for private use would be pegged at $500 per infringement while uploaders run ...
There are numerous headlines right now and protest is only going to get bigger, but what does the Canadian DMCA actually say in it's current version? We here at ...
It was one of the much anticipated and much feared bills for digital rights activists. Now, at the last possible moment in the session of parliament, activists worst fears ...
Somewhere between the debate of Bell throttling their users and politicians tabling network neutrality legislation are a host of smaller debates such as privacy and transparency. It ...
Late tonight comes reports that Maxime Bernier, now former minister of international affairs and the minister who previously took charge in the copyright reform bill has now resigned. ...
The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic recently announced that they are making a request to the privacy commissioner to investigate Canadian major Internet Service Provider Bell ...
The Open Source Cinema is currently looking for mugshots of you for an upcoming movie that opposes restrictive copyright changes. Users are asked to use the Copyright ...
Was it something Michael Geist or a Canadian MP said or have the concerns over Copyright started spilling into more action within Canada? Whatever started this, though likely for ...
Howard Knopf is known to many Canadians as a lawyer who successfully defended the file-sharing lawsuits in Canada a few years ago. So, when it was discovered that he ...
Canada has launched hearings for future policy on science and technology. Already, there are numerous voices on the matter including Michael Geist, CIPPIC, Tracey Lauriault, Russell McOrmand, ...
Earlier this week, ZeroPaid reported that a Nielson Soundscan report suggests that physical music sales were down 21% in the Christmas of 2007.
Just north of the ...
Film piracy is so rampant in Canada that one of the world's largest movie studios Monday banned advanced previews and radio promotions country-wide.
Ocean's Thirteen and Harry Potter and the Order ...
UNLIKELY BEDFELLOWS Microsoft and Apple have asked the US Government to put Canada on its priority blacklist of intellectual property crooks, saying the country isn't doing enough to prevent their ...
Following the largest-ever annual decline in
Canada's music market - a 12 percent drop from 2005 to 2006 - sales of CDs, music DVDs and other "physical" music formats fell an ...
Conservative MP Joy Smith introduces the Clean Internet Act.
The Clean Internet Act (Bill C-427) is a newly submitted private member bill in the Parliament of Canada by ...
According to a major survey on music copying recently conducted by Reseau Circum for the Canadian Private Copying Collective, file-sharing activity is on a steady decline in Canada.
The survey ...
Almost 80% of those Canadians surveyed recently by the Canadian Private Copying Collective said that they support a tax of up to 40 cents per blank ...
Hearings that could dramatically alter the way labels and publishers share online music revenue in Canada begin September 6.
The proceedings, before the Copyright Board of Canada in Ottawa, will mark ...
