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UserFriendly.org. Update: The Canadian DMCA theme continues. 

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December 10, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Copyright’s 10K

As many readers of this blog will know, last Saturday night I started a Facebook group called Fair Copyright in Canada. I sent an invitation to 100 or so "Facebook friends" in the hope that some would join and that we could create a useful resource for discussion on the […]

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December 9, 2007 28 comments News

What Canada Can Learn From Israeli Copyright Reform

The University of Toronto's Ariel Katz has a brilliant posting on the recent Israeli copyright reform process which illustrates how copyright and innovation can be done right.

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December 9, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

The Prentice Open House

Reports are beginning to come in from those who attended today's Jim Prentice Open House.  There are some photos and comments at the Facebook group.  Feel free to add your experience in the comments and many thanks to all those who took the time to share their concerns with the […]

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December 8, 2007 19 comments News

Canadian DMCA Placed on the Notice Paper

As expected, the government has placed the new copyright bill on the Notice Paper for next week.  This confirms widespread rumours that Industry Minister Jim Prentice will introduce the Canadian DMCA next week, most likely on Tuesday.

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December 7, 2007 16 comments News