Liberal Party Backtracks, Says Ratifying WIPO Marks Interest
If you want one of the most confusing messages you can find in the Canadian copyright debate, this may be it. After calling on the government to immediately reform copyright, ratify WIPO and pour resources into “combat[ing]” the “scourge” of piracy and after the news hit a number of major news sources including ZeroPaid, [...]
BPI Exec – Industry Shouldn’t Have Fought Napster
It may have taken 10 years for one executive to come up with this revelation, but the head of the British Phonographic Industry, or BPI, has recently admitted that the industry shouldn’t have fought Napster, but rather, engaged it. Who knows? At this rate, maybe another executive will think that the industry should [...]
The Pirate Bay Receives Court Summons Via FaceBook and Twitter
BREIN may have pretty much lost all of their credibility a long time ago in the eyes of many, but that doesn’t seem to stop them from trying to issue a court summons in the Netherlands. BREIN is seeking to shut down the operations being conducted in that country.
Sources have already said that The [...]
Consumer Groups Want to Halt ACTA Negotiations
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has concerned many consumer rights organizations for some time now. Given that it could easily affect criminal laws in many countries around the world, it’s not hard to see why there is demand for public disclosure and allow public debate in the matters. Still, to this day, ACTA is [...]
Masthead Editorials Critical of Canadian Surveillance Legislation
There’s a pair of editorials found in two major news outlets in Canada that are critical of the new surveillance legislation the Conservative government of Canada tables in parliament. Both seem to agree that the potential for abuse exists with the new “tools” that would be granted to police. We look at a [...]
Authorities Reiterate Threats to Target SnowTigers Donators, Users
Last week, French authorities used military intelligence to shut down SnowTigers. This week, French authorities said that their investigation found users donating to the website. They did, however, concede that they have to wait for a court decision on the matter before proceeding.
A report from 01net highlights (Google Translation) the latest developments on [...]
MPAA Admits to Losing PR War to the ‘Enemies of Copyright’
The MPAA apparently said that the “enemies of copyright have really done a good job at creating the false premise that the interest of copyright holders and the interest of society as a whole are antagonistic” during the World Copyright Summit. The worry is that their pro-copyright advocacy perspective is fading away in the [...]
Canada Could Face Election – What About Copyright Reform?
It’s distinctly possible that Canada could face an election soon as opposition leader Michael Ignatieff ponders on whether or not to force an election. Whether or not an election actually happens, it’s important for man to look back on the track record on the topic of copyright law reform – we take an in-depth [...]
10th Anniversary of Napster This Month
Some may not know it, but June is an interesting month for file-sharer’s. This year, June marks a major milestone for file-sharers. It was June, 1999 when Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker released the first version of Napster – an application that has since changed the face of entertainment, the internet and copyright [...]
Conference Board of Canada Ex-Employee Counters CEO Claims Over IP Reports
We’ve been following the Conference Board of Canada’s IP report fiasco for a while and new developments have surfaced recently. Already, the CEO was, not too long ago, doing damage control over the report. Now, one of the people who had started the work is also speaking out, saying that he wonders if [...]
