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Michael Geist: The Digital Locks You Should Fear

2013-05-28T12:20:13Z

The recommendations over a new report that recommends using spyware and ransom-ware to combat online infringement are shocking. They represent next-generation digital locks that could lock down computers and even "retrieve" files from personal computers.

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Is This Proof Canada Is About To Sell Out On Copyright Law?

2012-12-13T12:40:49Z

A prominent consumers’ advocate says he’s worried Canada will sell out its new copyright law in favour of tough new restrictions on consumers as p...

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Reilly Yeo: Dragged Before a Judge Just for Clicking on the Wrong Link?

2012-07-12T11:17:17Z

Imagine a world where you could receive a fine, and possibly be dragged before a judge, just for clicking on the wrong link, or where big media companies could demand your private online information. Here in Canada, our government looked at giving this kind of control to big media, yet the public opposition led them to decide against it.

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Memory Cards Spared From Copyright Fee

2012-07-03T18:48:04Z

The government will move to exempt memory cards from a copyright levy that now applies to blank tapes and CDs.
Industry Minister Christia...

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Michael Geist: Are the Canadian Digital Lock Rules Unconstitutional?

2012-06-27T17:22:39Z

The House of Commons may have passed Bill C-11, but the constitutional concerns with the copyright bill and its digital lock rules will likely linger for years. Many experts believe that the government's decision to adopt one of the most restrictive digital lock approaches in the world. And guess what? It's vulnerable to constitutional challenge.

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Copyright Bill Faces Fierce Opposition

2012-06-17T12:19:29Z

UPDATE: The Conservative government's copyright reform bill cleared the House of Commons on Monday night by a vote of 158-135.

Before the end of th...

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Michael Geist: The Secret Meetings That Locked Down Canadian Copyright

2012-06-14T16:17:34Z

The Motion Picture Association - Canada reports meeting with Canadian Heritage Minister, Foreign Minister, and Industry Canada Senior Associate Deputy Minister all on the same day. These meetings occured less than three weeks after the introduction of Bill C-11 and the decision to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Ministers were willing to meet with the top U.S. copyright lobby group, but not with Canadian creator, consumer, or education groups who offered a much different perspective on legislative reform.

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Tory Minister Loses $10,000 Bet?

2012-05-15T17:40:49Z

Did Heritage Minister James Moore lose a $10,000 bet?

Opposition MPs say Moore pledged $10,000 that the Conservative government’s controversial c...

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Suggested Amendments Crushed, Copyright Bill Incoming

2012-03-14T19:20:50Z

A bill that will update Canada's copyright laws is heading back to the House of Commons with amendments as early as Thursday morning — ...

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Music Industry Wants HARSHER Copyright Reform Bill

2012-02-28T16:50:46Z

Witnesses representing musicians, record labels and a small radio company asked MPs to amend the government's copyright reform bill when ...

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Canadian Copyright Bill No SOPA, Heritage Minister Says

2012-02-16T07:01:00Z

Canada’s copyright legislation is taking a very different path from controversial U.S. legislation that drew widespread protests, Canadian Heritage ...

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Michael Geist: Canadians Speak Out Against Digital Locks. But Who's Listening?

2012-02-10T11:32:08Z

The second reading debate on new copyright legislation Bill C-11 will conclude today. Canadians have been speaking out on copyright reform in general and digital locks in particular for years with widely held views, but will the government listen with the bill now headed to committee for further hearings?

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Tories To Cut Off Debate On Copyright Protection Bill

2012-02-08T09:26:53Z

The Conservatives succeeded Wednesday in passing another motion to limit debate, this time on second reading of the copyright reform bill...

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Michael Geist: Why a SOPA Version of the Canadian Copyright Bill Could Target YouTube

2012-01-25T17:15:18Z

The Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright has already expressed concern with the Bill C-11 digital lock rules. Turning Bill C-11 into a Canadian SOPA would only make matters worse, creating a legal framework that would harm Canadian business and consumers.

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Michael Geist: What If SOPA Came to Canada?

2012-01-23T09:06:38Z

While SOPA may be dead (for now) in the U.S., lobby groups are likely to intensify their efforts to export SOPA-like rules to other countries. With Bill C-11 back on the legislative agenda at the end of the month, Canada will be a prime target for SOPA-style rules.

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Michael Geist: SOPA: A Warning to Canada Lawmakers

2012-01-20T10:31:46Z

As last night's Republican debate showed, even right-wingers are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). All of this raises the question of whether the federal government's approach and the reactions to Bill C-11 will be consistent with the U.S. trend. The devil, however, is in the details.

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What U.S. Web Piracy Bills Mean For You

2012-01-18T05:14:34Z

Some of the best-known sites on the internet, including Wikipedia, are going offline today in a "Dark Wednesday" protest against legislati...

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Michael Geist: Black Wednesday: In Protest of SOPA, Darken the Web

2012-01-18T07:57:08Z

Some of the Internet's leading websites, including Wikipedia and Mozilla, will go dark today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The U.S. bills have generated massive public protest over proposed provisions that could cause enormous harm to the Internet and freedom of speech.

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Michael Geist: The False Link Between Canada Proposed Copyright Reform and Video Game Industry Jobs

2011-12-14T12:14:05Z

The video game industry has been a Canadian success story and copyright is certainly an issue for some companies within it. But the government's claim that adding balanced digital lock rules to Canadian copyright law would destroy the industry is plainly false.

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Romeo Saganash: Stop Making Our Copyright and Digital Laws Worse

2011-12-12T16:40:26Z

Harper's bill C-11 is far more restrictive than it needs to be, more than the controversial copyright laws being fought in the U.S. courts, and more than international treaties regarding intellectual property require. Honest, hard-working educators, archivists, documentary filmmakers and consumers will be criminalized.

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Michael Geist: The Supreme Court Copyright Hearings, Day Two: The Fight to Roll Back Fair Dealing

2011-12-08T17:17:48Z

The second hearing of the day involved a fight between broadcast distributors and the copyright collective Re:Sound over the "performance" of music in movie and TV show soundtracks. Re:Sound's counsel ducked so many questions that Justice Abella joked, "You're lucky I have nothing else to do this afternoon."

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Michael Geist: The Supreme Court of Canada Copyright Hearings, Day One: Fair Dealing Scare Tactics Fall Flat

2011-12-07T16:16:31Z

The Supreme Court of Canada heard three of the five scheduled copyright cases yesterday in an unprecedented focus on copyright. The case featured discussion on how services like song previews or downloadable video games provide revenues for both music creators and the companies.

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Michael Geist: Challenging the New Digital Lock Talking Point: Why European Rules Are More Flexible Than C-11

2011-11-25T10:16:21Z

The Canadian digital lock rules are more restrictive than those required by international law, more restrictive than those found in many other countries, and so restrictive that they undermine the government's claims of striking a balance.

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Michael Geist: Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network Calls for Graduated Response

2011-11-22T12:53:21Z

While everyone is opposed to counterfeiting, the CACN is pushing for a massive public investment into private enforcement matters at the very time when the evidence suggests Canada already has strong legal rules against counterfeiting and a clear commitment from law enforcement to take appropriate action.

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Michael Geist: More Obama Sell-Outs of Canada

2011-11-14T11:19:02Z

The pipeline decision is one of several U.S. decisions that have gone against Canadian interests in recent months. Whether it is the decision to apply new border fees for Canadian travellers or the imposition of Buy American rules (which the current U.S. Ambassador implausibly claimed was good for Canada), Canada has sustained successive losses on the economic policy front with the U.S.

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