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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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 [...]
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Well, it’s another year, and consequently there’s a bunch of new works falling into the public domain.
You can read all about it at copyrightwatch.ca.
Some highly relevant examples to me:
in life+50 countries (like Canada and most of the world) the published works of Dorothy Sayers, Lord Dunsany, Nikos Kazantzakis, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and lots of [...]
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From Japanator:
Did you know that right now you can get a handful of Akira Kurosawa films for free? Like, as in legally for free? That’s right! The nice people over at Japan Probe have pointed out that some of the master’s films have fallen into the public domain. Archive.org has them available for download right [...]
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