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Bill C-32: The Latest Attempt to Amend the Copyright Act

There’s a new copyright bill that was tabled yesterday in Parliament.  It’s been in the papers, online news sources, etc.  It can be found at http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4580265&Language=e&Mode=1 Activities that are commonplace and have been legal in the U.S. for about 3 … Continue reading

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Are there benefits to “piracy”?

The pro-copyright lobby groups would have you believe that all unauthorized reproduction (and distribution), colloquially known (inaccurately) as piracy, is horrid for the industries concerned, and is destroying them. Many say that unauthorized copying actually benefits the concerned industries. Do you think this is true? If so, which industry benefits the most? I’ve created a poll and I would like you to let me know what you think. Feel free to comment to this post. Continue reading

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Why the RIAA should be subject to Judicial Review

Nate Anderson of Ars Technica published a piece on March 11 entitled, “RIAA tells Ars: We’re not hypocrites“. Essentially it boils down to this: The RIAA’s collective spin-off — in some ways similar to SOCAN here — is called SoundExchange, … Continue reading

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Michael Geist lauds CRIA; jeers RIAA’s “hassle” policy

The difference between commercial piracy and private copying was clear in the Copyright Act’s s.80, it was made clearer by BMG v. John Doe, and now we can see the difference in action. Professor Michael Geist compares the RIAA’s “hassle … Continue reading

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