We have already made a lot of ground in reading through and attempting to understand the legislation currently being analyzed by many other Canadians right now. It's already been ...
Yesterday, we went through the first page of Canada's latest copyright reform bill (Bill C-32). It's a lengthy piece of legislation that requires multiple articles simply due to its ...
We've been pointing out all along that the digital locks provision would become a major flashpoint for heated debate and, today, there was even more criticism surrounding the digital locks ...
Things have been developing in Canada fast and furious. The new copyright legislation (Bill C-32) has finally been posted online.
We've already seen an early analysis on the ...
It only took hours after Canada's latest copyright reform bill for there to be condemnation. The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) said that they were "dismayed" at the copyright ...
Think it's a typo to call it the DCMA rather than the DMCA? Think again. The Digital Copyright Modernization Act has been tabled. Did it live up ...
With the Canadian DMCA about to be tabled this week I thought it would be important to talk about DRM and why the debate around it is important ...
It was a deal that had plenty of people talking. A "Pay What You Want" deal was launched a while ago now and the sale is now over. ...
It's a party like 2005 and 2008 and everyone is invited. Ever since the Canadian DMCA was announced, opposition has been growing and the opposition now only stands to ...
Yesterday, we noted that the Canadian government is moving to table the Canadian DMCA in spite of the will of Canadians. Now, the government is frustrated and ...
In spite of repeated studies. In spite of the copyright consultation run by non other than the Canadian government. In spite of history. In spite of protests. ...
You set the price, you get a pack of games. That's the idea behind the Humble Indie Bundle by Wolfire which produces independently produced video games. In the ...
For long-time observers of video piracy, the traditional end of the year awards season provides a very interesting peek into the interplay between the movie industry and the file-sharing scene. ...
Many recent articles on file-trading and the P2P community have noted that the Napster phenomenon occurred ten years ago, marking a decade of joy for down-loaders and despair for the ...
While the entirety of the proposed ACTA treaty for the global enforcement of intellectual property and copyright has yet to become public, the response ...
Among other things, Canadian student union CASA has called for expanding fair dealings and avoiding a blanket anti-circumvention legislation. These groups are the latest additions to an ever expanding ...
A recent op-ed in the ongoing copyright consultation in Canada by Danielle Parr of ESA Canada suggests that TPMs prevent piracy and somehow lead to more consumer choice.
Not that the ...
Barry Sookman might not like the idea of expanding Canada's fair dealings regime, but the increasingly large chorus of calls have been to expand Canada's fair dealings regime in one ...
It may be history repeating itself. When CRIA pushed for Bill C-60, many Canadian labels who were, at the time, members of CRIA, broke away from the organization, saying ...
Copyright industry lawyer and lobbyist for the CMPDA (The Canadian arm of the MPAA) and the CRIA (The Canadian arm of the RIAA) wrote an op-ed saying that it's "Time ...
