Hedy Fry’s Copyright Balance

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property, Privacy | No Comments »

The electoral district in which I live is called "Vancouver Centre."  My elected representative is the Honourable Member of Parliament, Dr. Hedy Fry.  Dr. Fry is something of an activist; she has always been an outspoken representative of her constituents.  ...

Copyfight: the roots of the conflict

Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Posted in Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 1 Comment »

Here's the irony of the thing: Our copyright regime, in Canada, is rooted in Crown monopoly in the 16th century - a monopoly created by charter to ease the Crown's ability to censor published materials and prevent sedition. ...