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Ars Technica has a good
article on the Trans Pacific Partnership and the copyright concerns
raised by the proposed agreement.

William Gibson, the American-Canadian science fiction writer who coined
the term cyberspace, is well-known for having stated “the future is
already here – it’s just not evenly distributed.” The quote succinctly
points to the gradual dissemin…

Gormley was critical of the bad language in Gunderson’s videos. I don’t care for foul language in most music either, but at least Gormley has a valid excuse for acting like a crotchety old man; I don’t know what my problem is. I do love Dirty Spaceman, however. And I wish UMG would screw off [...]

Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro offers up one of the oddest copyright
analogies during the C-11 debate, likening format shifting to socks
and shoes.

The government yesterday gave notice
of time allocation
on the Bill C-11 debate, which will cut short the debate over the
copyright bill. The move does not come as a surprise, given the
willingness to use time allocation for other bills and the
C…

Ariel Katz has an exhaustive,
4,000 word must-read post
on the Georgia State University fair use decision and some of the
implications for Canadian copyright and the university licensing. Every
Canadian university that signs the Access Copyright …

Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill, is scheduled for debate today,
with a long list of proposed
amendments
from the Green Party’s Elizabeth May and from Bloc MP André
Bellavance.  Given the government’s previous rejection of NDP and
Lib…

A U.S. court has released its decision in
a major fair use case involving the Georgia State University
e-reserves. Discussion of the 355 page decision here,
here,
and here.

The government has announced that Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill,
will be back
on the legislative agenda next week with the report stage and third
reading set for Monday and Tuesday.

Earlier this year, I appeared at the European Parliament’s INTA
Committee Workshop on ACTA where I reached the following conclusion:

This report concludes that ACTA’s
harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits. Given ACTA’s corrosive
eff…

Bypassing The High Court Ruling to block access to the Pirate Bay for beginnersby “Misa”As originally posted on: CyberGuerrilla.infoMay 2, 20121) Download a VPN. A good one is available at http://hotspotshield.com/. It is free, so will serve your purp…

Epic 6-Year File-Sharing Case Over Just 3 Songs Comes To An Endby “enigmax”As originally posted on: TorrentFreakApril 30, 2012A file-sharing prosecution that has been dragging on for six long years has finally come to an end. The original complaint, f…

One of my most popular videos is one of Richard Stallman answering my questions about the proprietary nature and danger of iPads and cell phones. YouTube linked me to this other interesting video where an early Radio Shack laptop is visible. It ran on AA batteries, and I used it a few times during my [...]

The U.S. Trade Representative released its annual Special
301 Report
yesterday, unsurprisingly including Canada on the Priority Watch list.
While inclusion on the list is designed to generate embarrassment in
target countries, this year’s report …

Brazil has been hit with a major
copyright scandal
as 15 directors of a local copyright collective have been indicted for
fraud. The Brazilian Senate has proposed changes to the legal
regulation of copyright collectives wth an emphasis on increas…

Foreign Policy reports
that the Trans Pacific Partnership may be foundering with growing
opposition in countries such as Chile and Malaysia as well as exclusion
of Canada, Mexico, and Japan.

Copyright Troll Causes Chaos By Suing Fans Without Band’s Permissionby “enigmax”As originally posted on: TorrentFreakApril 29, 2012If further proof is needed that copyright trolls are only interested in money and couldn’t care less about artists o…

The government is launching an all-out blitz on the proposed Canada -
European Union Trade Agreement today with no less than 18
events planned
across the country featuring 16 cabinet ministers and parliamentary
secretaries. The speeches will emph…

New copyright licensing deal won’t help: Jesse Brown