Why Canada Should Not Adopt Fair Use: A joint submission to the Copyright Consultation by Barry Sookman and Dan Glover on behalf of over 45 organisations.
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- Supreme court releases decision on Access to Information Act in Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Canada, 2012 SCC 3 http://t.co/zajnl9pl #
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- Tycoon to aid O'Dwyer's extradition fight to the U.S. on copyright theft charge http://t.co/U8bpJg1Y #
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- 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)?
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