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• Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-05-17

  • API battle for Google http://t.co/s0GkeS2Y #
  • Oracle Goes For Broke In Court Battle With Google http://t.co/T8IpdMGo #
  • House Vote #219 on May 15th, 2012 concurring on report of Bill Chttp-11 ://bit.ly/J7T0ef #
  • Transcripts of May 15 debates in the House over Bill C-11 http://t.co/zMfby8gd #
  • LEGISinfo – House Government Bill C-11 showing concurrence at report stage http://t.co/QTC9q8VT #
  • Seizing Social Media Information in a Criminal Case http://t.co/B0TvgRaM #
  • Oracle patent claims versus Google sent to jury http://t.co/c8VcHYQR #
  • Dutch Advocate General proposes to submit prejudicial questions to the ECJ about the private copying levy http://t.co/Vu4FSCpL #

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• Highlighted Posts
  • A question of values
  • 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?
  • Bill C-32’s fair dealing and other new copyright exceptions
  • 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
  • Fixing CASL: comments on the draft CRTC and Industry Canada regulations
  • Graduated response and copyright: an idea that is right for the times
  • Hyperlinking and ISP liability clarified by Supreme Court in Crookes case
  • 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
  • Reflections on the new CRTC CASL regulations
  • Reining in the rhetoric on copyright reform
  • Renewed Attacks on the “Effect on the Market” Factor
  • 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 on Bill C-11: The Copyright Modernization Act
  • The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) -a summary of the final terms
  • Turning up the rhetoric on C-32’s TPM provisions
  • What’s next for copyright reform in Canada?
  • Why is the EU asking the ECJ to review ACTA and does it matter?
  • Will it be illegal to recommend a dentist under Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL)?
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  • Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-05-17 http://t.co/wTHqHkfE 3 hrs ago
  • Courts put software in danger with copyright confusion, says expert http://t.co/tiwmWXph 13 hrs ago
  • ZeniMax Fires Copyright Warning At Skyrim App - Escapist Magazine http://t.co/yZajqf3P 14 hrs ago
  • Pirate Bay Co-Founder's Attorney Says Prosecution Violates Human Rights http://t.co/P3oFXeuu 14 hrs ago
  • Oracle and Google Agree To Copyright Truce (For Now) - Wired News http://t.co/JRqwSbfF 14 hrs ago
  • Copyright suit against West and Lexis halted - Thomson Reuters News & Insight http://t.co/zWoUOvyp 14 hrs ago
  • ISSA releases the draft intellectual property chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership (#TPP) http://t.co/gnQraGcP 18 hrs ago
  • Oracle, Google hammer out potential trial roadmap http://t.co/q4aPC4Wb 23 hrs ago
  • Dean Del Mastro (Conservative; May 15th) in House of Commons http://t.co/70U9E4td 23 hrs ago
  • Peter Braid, "Copyright Modernization Act" on May 15th, 2012 | openparliament.ca http://t.co/v9erISrI 23 hrs ago
  • Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-05-16 http://t.co/oK5rALnH 1 day ago
  • Dutch Advocate General proposes to submit prejudicial questions to the ECJ about the private copying levy http://t.co/Vu4FSCpL 1 day ago
  • Oracle patent claims versus Google sent to jury http://t.co/c8VcHYQR 1 day ago
  • Seizing Social Media Information in a Criminal Case http://t.co/B0TvgRaM 1 day ago
  • LEGISinfo - House Government Bill C-11 showing concurrence at report stage http://t.co/QTC9q8VT 1 day ago
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