Canadian Copyright Consultation Submissions Keep Rolling In
There's no shortage of opinion on the copyright debate in the consultation. In fact, if you are able to keep up reading all of the submissions at this point, ...
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Finland Wants to Criminalize Talking About DRM Circumvention
Is it criminal to even talk about CSS contained in a DVD? Apparently, with respect to circumvention, that's what Finland wants to do through a controversial court case. ...
Copyright Industry Lawyer – You Can’t Access Legal Content Forever!
The hearing in the United States over whether or not to allow new exceptions to the DMCA, which involves instances where one could legally circumvent DRM, has once again roared ...
Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online
The first round table on the copyright consultation has concluded and its subsequent transcript was posted online. There was plenty being said including scepticism over the existence ...
Canada’s Copyright Consultation Has Many Talking
It's been quite a first few days for the copyright consultation. For some, copyright seems like an obscure and boring subject, but for those familiar with technology, it's more ...
Canadian Copyright Consultation Launches
The last time Canadians were consulted on copyright related issues was clear back in July of 2001. Back then, by todays standards, file-sharing was still establishing itself, iTunes was ...
Canadian Surveillance Legislation Dissected – Bill C-46
The new surveillance legislation in Canada has been causing waves, but today, we are finally able to actually read the legislation for the first time and the two bills contain ...
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 ...
Landmark Study Concludes That DRM Adversely Affects What We Can Legally Do
It can be called the study that pointed out what many have known all along. DRM has been adversely affecting what consumers can do with their legitimately paid for ...
Nokia Thinks a DRM Based Online Music Business Model Will Work
In light of major music stores selling DRM encoded music collapsing, Nokia apparently thinks that they can somehow reverse the trend and make a successful business model out of it. ...
Broadcasters Fail to Bring Copyright into Canadian National Debates
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have had copyright on their minds as they went into the current election. In spite of a major grassroots movement to make copyright an ...
Another DRM Music Store Scheme Bites the Dust – Wal-Mart Shuts Off DRMed Music
Sometimes, it's just plain difficult to be an honest customer these days. This was proven again with the shut down of Wal-Mart's DRM music server.
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Napster 2.0 Could Be Put on the Auction Block
You'd think that with the passage of the Higher Education Act, which forces colleges and universities in the United States to block P2P and promote authorized ...
Canadian DMCA – C-60 and C-61 Compared – The ACTA Backdoor
We continue our series on the Canadian DMCA by comparing the previous legislation under the Liberal government to the new legislation under the Conservative government. In this segment, we ...
The Return of the Broadcast Flag
It may be an issue that hasn't made the headlines in the last four years, but a controversial kind of Digital Rights Management (DRM) appears to be making a return ...
Multiple Voices on Canada’s Hearings on Science and Technology Policy
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, ...
Open Rights Group Echoes Patry’s Concerns
Last Week, ZeroPaid reported on comments made by Bill Patry which suggests that the copyright industry is looking to make money off of private copying. It seems ...
New Zealand and Germany Reform Copyright Laws in 4 Days
Internet Service Providers and the copyright industry weren't the only ones busy on the copyright front these days. New Zealand reformed their copyright laws which was followed up by ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond – Part 3 of 3
In part 1 of this three part interview, ZeroPaid and Russell McOrmond discussed a number of issues including privacy, network neutrality and Michael Geist. In ...
Canadian Copyright Bill Unlikely In This Government?
Russell McOrmond yesterday pointed to the fact that the Canadian Copyright Bill has been put on the notice paper, but there appears to be no sign ...
