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• Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-07

  • Facebook files compliance report before Delhi court on web filtering http://t.co/I0BaBCnz #
  • UK Supreme Court to tweet proceedings http://t.co/shx0IaB2 #
  • More MegaUpload Fallout As BitTorrent Search Engine BTjunkie Calls It Quits http://t.co/e0WIsUFW #
  • From Eldred To Golan: The “Traditional Contours” Test http://t.co/wPDtN1u2 #
  • Library association in US releases 'best practices' for avoiding copyright suits http://t.co/NEH8y8sY #
  • CA wins copyright wrangle against ISI http://t.co/efRsakvA #
  • EC presents roadmap on the revision of the IPR Enforcement Directive http://t.co/L3Rj2hmE #
  • Anonymous hacks website of pro-ACTA group Prophon in Bulgaria http://t.co/EoVrlDfr #

  This is a preview of Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-07. To read full post and see archives Click here.
• Highlighted Posts
  • A Response to Professor Michael Geist’s Clearing Up the Copyright Confusion
  • An FAQ on TPMs, Copyright and Bill C-32
  • Are Canada’s copyright laws friendly or unfriendly towards wealth destroyers according to Prof. Geist?
  • Are the TPM provisions in C-32 more restrictive than those in the DMCA?
  • Bill C-32’s fair dealing and other new copyright exceptions
  • C-32 and the BlackBerry PlayBook: A reply to Michael Geist
  • C-32 enablement remedy targets secondary copyright infringement
  • Copyright law 2011 –the year in review in Canada and around the world
  • Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2010-2011)
  • Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations – Much Work Remains
  • En réponse à Pour démêler la confusion à l’égard du droit d’auteur, du Professeur Michael Geist
  • Fixing CASL: comments on the draft CRTC and Industry Canada regulations
  • Graduated response and copyright: an idea that is right for the times
  • Impacts of Bill C-28 (the new anti-SPAM and anti-spyware legislation)
  • Is Google News legal?
  • Legends and reality about the 1996 WIPO Treaties in the light of certain comments on Bill C-32
  • My C-32 opening remarks
  • Rethinking FISA (Canada's Anti-SPAM law)
  • Separating copyright fiction from facts about C-32’s TPM provisions
  • Separating facts from hype about C-32
  • Some observations about the debates on Bill C-32 in the House of Commons
  • Some observations on Bill C-11: The Copyright Modernization Act
  • Some thoughts on Bill-C-32: An Act to Modernize Canada’s copyright laws
  • The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) -a summary of the final terms
  • Turning up the rhetoric on C-32’s TPM provisions
  • UN report on internet disconnection flawed and contrary to jurisprudence
  • What’s next for copyright reform in Canada?
  • Will it be illegal to recommend a dentist under Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL)?
• Twitter Feed
  • Amazon and Viacom close to Web video deal http://t.co/PjpWNHgg 3 hrs ago
  • Google to promise fair licensing for Motorola patents http://t.co/5rsqj9T0 3 hrs ago
  • Internet censorship could damage India's democracy http://t.co/iioJfqgh 3 hrs ago
  • Apple in talks on iTV with Canada telecoms -report http://t.co/pS3ouz3x 3 hrs ago
  • Apple Faces $1.6 Billion Legal Challenge Over iPad Name in China http://t.co/QpQasmgh 3 hrs ago
  • Anonymous Hackers Tried to Blackmail Symantec for $50,000 http://t.co/PbyeKGrm 3 hrs ago
  • What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You: http://t.co/9jvqGldb 4 hrs ago
  • This bill is no SOPA http://t.co/5gZshAPy 7 hrs ago
  • Anonymous Hack Bulgaria's Prophon over ACTA Support http://t.co/IVXR4bCK 9 hrs ago
  • Should Google be doing more to combat online piracy? http://t.co/ihb0rHJ1 11 hrs ago
  • Canada’s anti-spam law goes too far say Globe editorial http://t.co/9t7Z8c0Z - true, see http://t.co/lvspt0QG 12 hrs ago
  • Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-07 http://t.co/GmMO6tJ8 17 hrs ago
  • New code of conduct should require ISPs to take down radical extremist content, UK MPs say http://t.co/mroaPlUT 18 hrs ago
  • Infopaq II – The CJEU elucidates some aspects of the exemption for certain forms of temporary reproduction http://t.co/yPY8licw 18 hrs ago
  • Hardware-software bundling crumbles in France http://t.co/t7QN7cYT 18 hrs ago
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