Just shortly after new years, news surfaced on multiple websites where Intel was developing a chip that would support high definition copy protected content for streaming ...
It may have been the most draconian and ill-advised copy protection of a copyrighted product since the Sony Rootkit scandal, but now, reports are surfacing that ...
We have been interviewing Russell McOrmond. The interview is in three parts. Parts 1 and 2 are already available. We now conclude our ...
We are currently in the process of interviewing Russell McOrmond, a well known observer of Canadian copyright and policy consultant. You can read part 1 here.
In the ...
About two years ago, we interviewed a Canadian consultant to discuss various issues surrounding copyright. It was a fascinating interview and here making his return is Russell ...
We continue our comprehensive analysis of Bill C-32, Canada's recently tabled copyright reform legislation. The topic has become an increasingly forbidden topic to discuss, however, we are ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...