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Why Are We Bullying The World's Poorest Countries?

Mark Fried | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada
Read More: Ldcs, Least-Developed-Countries, Intellectual Property, World Trade Organization, Wto, Tripps, Developing Countries, Canada News
Mark Fried

We haven't heard much out of the World Trade Organization since 2005, when the US government decided to continue subsidizing corporate farms rather than forge a global trade deal. Yet the WTO machinery keeps grinding on -- and grinding poor countries down.

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If Someone Steals Your Idea, Be Flattered

Shannon Skinner | Posted 02.09.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Shannon Skinner, Creativity, Intellectual Property, Shannon Skinner's Extraordinary Women TV, Extraordinary Women TV, Copyright Protection, Innovation, Ideas, The Whispering Heart, Gratitude, Theft, Stealing Ideas, Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery, Creative Copyright, Canada Business News
Shannon Skinner

2012-06-18-ShannonSkinner.jpg It has happened to all of us at some point. You have a great idea, and someone else likes it so much they "borrow" from you -- or outright steal. In the big picture, there is nothing wrong with this. In fact, if we were able to copyright ideas, creativity would be stifled. So what do you do when someone steals your ideas?

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

Reilly Yeo | Posted 09.11.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Free Internet, Intellectual Property, Internet Privacy, Bill C-11, Internet, Openmedia, Digital Rights, Tpp, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Round 13 TPP, Canada Politics News
Reilly Yeo

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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EU Pushes Canada To 'Dramatic' Copyright Changes

Michael Geist | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property, Piracy, EU-Canada Free Trade Deal, Border Security, Ceta, Bill C-32, Canada Business News

The EU is demanding dramatic changes to Canadian intellectual property law including significant reforms to copyright, patent, and geographical indica...

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