Posts Tagged ‘copyright’

Aside: CAN DMCA

Friday, October 17th, 2008

So, I guess we’re going to have to go through that whole Canadian DMCA thing again, aren’t we? Sigh.

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Still More CAN-DMCA

Friday, June 20th, 2008

In my continuing effort to remake this blog into the “all Canadian copyright, all the time” blog1, here are some links to the latest info:

Since the legislation was introduced, there has been quite the protest surge.
Michael Geist ran a five part series this week trying to outline real world scenarios that illustrate what kind of [...]

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For the record

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I received this response to my “Canadian DMCA” letter from my local MP today:

Dear Mr. McLaren:
Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns about the new copyright legislation introduced by the Conservative government yesterday in the House of Commons. I certainly share many of your concerns and assure you they will [...]

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It’s here

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

A quick update on the Canadian DMCA.
You can read the text of the bill now.
Reuters has an early write-up that you can read.
Geist also has one, but good luck getting to his site right now. I’ll include one of his five “high level points”:
The digital lock provisions are worse than the DMCA. Yes - [...]

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Tomorrow is “Conservatives sell us to US companies” day

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

I know you’re tired of it, but I’m going to mention the Canadian DMCA again, since it’s been announced various places that Prentice will be tabling it tomorrow.
There’s some coverage at the National Post, which while using neutral language manages to present the legislation as something harmful to consumers:
The new Copyright Act has been updated [...]

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Canadians: Once More Unto the DMCA breach

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

By this point you know the drill. You might be interested in following up with one of the linked organizations, though.

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ORC News | June 3, 2008 | Issue 1.3
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Write to your MP about the new copyright bill: http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/copyright_for_canadians/
Dear Online Rights Canada Supporter,
We understand that the government will [...]

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