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The story about the classic “car on the roof” trick at Cambridge–my favourite bits are how they used skirt-hitching distractions, and the bit about the case of champagne the Dean sent.
Dawn Tyler Watson & Paul Deslauriers performing Led Zeppelin’s classic Going To California. Make sure to click the “watch in high quality” link.
There’s a new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

Or rather, bitching about my own country’s politicians for a change. It seems like I can’t turn around lately without seeing another story that just embarrasses me as a Canadian.
The classic example, which I’ve talked about here before, is the Tories’ continuing attempt to force a DCMA-style law down our throats. After getting his ass [...]

I like the latest “why the recording industry is in the tank” theory from Esquire this week–it’s not the same old piracy or consumer selectivity or even “end of format shifting” arguments, but instead a simpler economic argument. I have no idea whether or not it’s any more true than any other, but it seems [...]

Well, that was a waste of time.
Oh, and irony. (Of course there was already irony and detailed irony.)