Canadian copyfight hots up: Liberal MPs on the take from copyright industries?
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Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
12/14/2003 12:27 PM
The
Copyright Board of Canada
issued a ruling on
" private
copying ", largely via peer-to-peer computing, with several
components. First, downloading is acceptable, but uploading is not
(presumably to target hyperpirates). Second, new mechanisms for
levies were described, freezing current ones, allowing new
charges.
the Copyright Board said uploading or distributing
copyrighted works online appeared to be prohibited under current
Canadian law.
However, the country's copyright law does allow making a copy for
personal use and does not address the source of that copy or whether
the original has to be an authorized or noninfringing version, the
board said.
What UK's copyright industries are up to
What UK's copyright industries are up to
06/17/2005 03:34 PMCory Doctorow:
The BBC's Matt Locke has written a great report on yesterday's meeting
on copyright in the UK that was held by a minister who is reported to
have called for extending copyright on performances to the performer's
life plus
one hundred years.
Adam Singer gave a response from the stage that was full of fantastic
rhetoric, describing the emerging market for 3D printers as a
harbinger of a world in which all creative IP is under threat from
piracy: "It doesn't matter if the button says 'print' [in reference to
3D printers] or 'burn' - all design will become simply a file to be
shared". He saw strong IP as the "intellectual hygiene of a networked
world", suggesting that IP law should be taught as the "new domestic
science" in schools, as it was the most important future skill for
creative entrepreneurs. His rhetoric, although very entertaining, was
from the dystopian end of the telescope - "each time bandwith
increases, another industry will fall [because of IP theft]". You
could try to unpick all the false assumptions in that last sentence,
but frankly, its not worth it. Just sit back and bask in the warm glow
of his fire and brimstone. In fairness, Adam Singer is far more
measured and informed than the above quotes suggest (despite
describing Lawrence Lessig as the "Martin Luther of copyright" that
the music industry had failed to burn...), but he's a great public
speaker, and it's his job to provoke.
I asked a question to the panel about the kind of industry trends that
the DCMS were looking into when developing new IP models for the
creative industries. Writers like Henry Chesbrough and Eric Von Hippel
have documented trends in 'old' industries like Pharma and Engineering
towards 'open innovation' models. Emerging best practise is to
maximise your return from IP through a range of licensing models
outside your own company, moving from old models of patent enforcement
to open licensing models with peer companies and even Von Hippel's
'Free Revealing', where IP is given up in order to drive other
competitive advantages.
LinkCanadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
Canadian Liberal party trying to shut
down political parody site with crappy
Trademark claims
12/23/2003 09:33 AMI'm off to catch a plane, but before I go, I had to post this. Bullies
from the Canadian Liberal party are strong-arming a parodist who has
put up a political site to make fun of the Prime Minister. This
(should be) a national embarrassment: Canadian journalists should be
covering this story.
I woke up on Wednesday morning to a phone call from a friendly guy
named Tim, who informed me that I had one hour to take down the
website, PaulMartinTime.ca, or he would set the lawyers loose on our
asses (that's not a quote, but it's an accurate summary).
In between his friendly but businesslike remarks, he dropped a few
remarks intended to make me nervous. He said, for example, that he
"had a little trouble getting through privacy.ca, but they're no
longer supporting your cause." If we had in fact been using
privacy.ca, that would be pure power-play. It would mean that he had
intimidated (legally or otherwise) a company whose function it is to
protect the identity of people who use it into breaking its sole
mandate. As it turns out, we don't use privacy.ca; the address of Rob
Maguire, the person who registered paulmartintime.ca, is publically
available, for all with an internet connection to see.
LinkCanadian copyright petition goes to
Parliament
Canadian copyright petition goes to
Parliament
04/08/2005 05:28 AMCory Doctorow:
The
Canadian
Petition for User Rights, a statement signed by hundreds of people
asking the Canadian government to set out its Internet copyright
policies to respect privacy, fair dealing, and due process, was
presented to Parliament yesterday. Congrats to Digital-copyright.ca on
a job well done.
The second petition is signed by several hundred people, Mr. Speaker,
from both Burnaby--New-Westminster and throughout Canada, and focuses
on the Copyright act. Petitioners want this house to maintain the
balance between the rights of the public and the rights of the
creators. They demand that the government not extend the term of
copyright, and preserve all existing users' rights to ensure a vibrant
public domain. The petitioners also call upon parliament to ensure
that users are recognized as interested parties and are meaningfully
consulted about any proposed changes to the copyright act.
Link
(
Thanks, Chris!)
Other News: Canadian Copyright Decision
Other News: Canadian Copyright Decision
07/02/2004 10:04 AMCanada's supreme court refuses to force Internet providers to police
copyright for corporate media mammoths.
Canadian ISPs win on copyright ruling
Canadian ISPs win on copyright ruling
06/30/2004 05:35 PMCourt says service providers aren't responsible for cached copies of
music on their servers.
Keep the public involved in Canadian
copyright legislation!
Keep the public involved in Canadian
copyright legislation!
08/06/2004 07:52 AMWith the Canadian Supreme Court okaying file-sharing and the Canadian
Parliament vowing to "fix" this, it's time to take action. If you're a
Canadian resident, there's a petition to Parliament you can sign to
encourage lawmakers to do the right thing.
THEREFORE, your petitioners call upon Parliament to ensure generally
that users are recognised as interested parties and are meaningfully
consulted about proposed changes to the Copyright Act and to ensure in
particular that any changes at least preserve all existing users'
rights, including the right to use copyrighted materials under Fair
Dealing and the right to make private copies of audio recordings. We
further call upon Parliament not to extend the term of copyright; and
to recognise the right of citizens to personally control their own
communication devices.
Link
(
Thanks, Chris!)
Canadian RIAA calls for stronger
copyright measures than in the US
Canadian RIAA calls for stronger
copyright measures than in the US
08/09/2004 09:33 AMAn anonymous reader writes:
The Canadian Recording Industry Association's call for what is
effectively a notice and termination approach to removing allegedly
copyright infringing material. CRIA's counsel told a Parliamentary
committee
that once an ISP receives notification that a subscriber is offering
copyrighted works for download, the ISP "ought to kick that
subscriber off the system." The approach would be the most radical
worldwide as the proposed removal would presumably come without a
court hearing or other due process. Given that CRIA lost its file
sharing suit in Canada earlier this year, this would appear to be an
end-around the court system by attempting to force ISPs to terminate
subscriber service based on a mere allegation of activity that may or
may not constitute copyright infringement.
LinkCanadian Court Says File Sharers Not
Guilty of Copyright Infringement
Canadian Court Says File Sharers Not
Guilty of Copyright Infringement
04/09/2004 04:06 PM"In other words, just putting files in a computer directory that other
people can access is insufficient an action to constitute illegal
distribution - at least under Canadian law."
Keep up the Copyfight
Keep up the Copyfight
06/23/2004 11:59 PMThings I
Like
"Ernest's DRM posts have overflowed from Copyfight over to Importance Of.... Check
both blogs and when in doubt check Frank for more linkage.
Ernest's really laying out the case against DRM nicely." [A Copyfighter's
Musings]
Excellent sites for you to read while my posting woes continue,
especially with the introduction of the insane INDUCE
Act.
Copyfight: Why Use DRM If It Doesn't
Work?
Copyfight: Why Use DRM If It Doesn't
Work?
05/08/2004 10:48 PMWhy Use DRM If It Doesn't
Work?
corante.com/copyfight/archives/003559.html
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US junk fax war hots up
US junk fax war hots up
07/19/2004 09:47 AMFax.com gets litigious with stroppy faxees
X-prize race hots up
X-prize race hots up
07/12/2004 10:28 AMCanadian challenge to SpaceShipOne
Copyfight debate of the century video
and audio torrents
Copyfight debate of the century video
and audio torrents
04/19/2005 03:38 AMCory Doctorow:
Last week's Cornell Debate between EFF senior IP attorney Fred Von
Lohmann, copyfighting media studies prof Siva Vaidhyanathan, and
counsel from the MPAA, RIAA, Napster 2 and Universal was astounding,
the most engrossing three hours of video I've watched all month.
Unfortunately and inexplicably, this was only available as a crappy,
dropout-prone Real stream from Cornell, which meant you couldn't load
the audio onto your iPod or download the video to show your friends
later.
Now someone's converted the video to something else (not sure what)
and posted a .torrent, packaged with soemthing called "Matroska" that
seems like a good way to add bookmarks and such to video (I'd be
interested in knowing whether this packaging presents any barrier to
someone who simply wants to download the video and watch it in her
player of choice). There's also an Ogg of the audio available (I'd
love to see this converted to MP3 for iPod users and posted as a
Torrent!).
Video Torrent Link, Ogg Torrent Link
Irish e-voting furore hots up
Irish e-voting furore hots up
02/18/2004 07:46 AMTanaiste weighs in to debate
The school choice debate hots up
The school choice debate hots up
04/30/2004 07:09 PMThe BBC's Mike Baker asks whether parents are getting the choice of
schools they want for their children.
Saudi hunt for militants hots up
Saudi hunt for militants hots up
06/20/2004 04:16 PMSaudi security forces swoop on a district of Riyadh in a search for
militants and the body of a slain American.
European retailers have the hots for
RFIDs
European retailers have the hots for
RFIDs
01/29/2004 01:59 PMSupply chain economics
Wonderfulbuys Launches New Canadian
Website with Free Shipping on Canadian
Orders During the Month of June, Only at
Wonderfulbuys.Ca
Wonderfulbuys Launches New Canadian
Website with Free Shipping on Canadian
Orders During the Month of June, Only at
Wonderfulbuys.Ca
06/17/2005 07:16 PMWonderfulbuys, the world’s largest, single-source distributor and
e-tailer of unique and As-Seen-On-TV products, today announced the
launch of its new Canadian website at www.wonderfulbuys.ca. To
celebrate the launch of their new Canadian website, Wonderfulbuys is
offering customers free shipping on all orders over $100, during the
month of June. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2005]
Cory on "Nerd Determinism, Nerd
Fatalism, and the Copyfight" in London
Cory on "Nerd Determinism, Nerd
Fatalism, and the Copyfight" in London
06/21/2004 10:31 AMCory's giving a free talk in London one week from today, at the
Stanhope Centre near Marble Arch. It's part of an afternoon event on
technology activism, and my bit is called "Nerd Determinism, Nerd
Fatalism, and the Copyfight."
Date: Monday, 28 June 2004
Time: A panel discussion from 15:00 to about 17:00, with drinks to
follow
Location: Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (tube:
Marble Arch, use exit #11 from the Hyde Park pedestrian subway)
Stanhope House, Stanhope Place (at Hyde Park), London W2 2HH
LinkDHB Industries, Inc.
DHB Industries, Inc.
04/09/2004 04:00 PMTake a three-year snooze with DHB Industries.
Mike Industries
Mike Industries
06/16/2004 07:27 PMMike
Davidson is writing here. Mike who? Only the driving force behind
a little site called ESPN, and
their conversion to standards-based design last year.
Intellectual Property industries?
Intellectual Property industries?
04/09/2004 04:03 PMThis Department of Justice
press release
announcing the creation of an
Intellectual Property Task Force is an amazing example of the
extremist
rhetoric that has come to dominate discussion of digital content
protection. Yes, those who create digital goods are entitled to
compensation, and violating intellectual property rights, like
speeding, is against the law. But the way this issue is being
cast as a challenge to our way of life is just excessive and
counter-productive.
My favorite is the statement that "Intellectual
property industries play a significant role in the American
economy." What exactly is an "intellectual property industry?"
More to the point, what isn't? I doubt Wal-Mart would be very
successful if others could copy its name in misleading ways, or could
reprint its newspaper ads with higher prices.
Of course, that's not what the press release is talking about.
The term is intended to redefine industries built around creative acts
(like the music business) as industries based on exclusive
formalizations of past creativity. Larry Lessig
and others have said this better than I can, but the point remains
important. Countless small rhetorical shifts have brought us to
a
point where the discourse around intellectual property is wildly
foreign to our professed values. Are our heros the pioneers who
charted new territory... or the land speculators who came later?
New book from House Industries
New book from House Industries
04/12/2004 11:33 AM
House Industries, the world's greatest typeface designers,
have published a 240-page book chronicling their work. I haven't seen
the book itself, but the sample spreads shown here are stunning. The
$69 book has a 32-page section on House's design process and it comes
with four fonts.
LinkCraigslist and cottage industries
Craigslist and cottage industries
02/01/2005 09:26 PMIn NYC, when you don't have a car and you need to move stuff that
won't fit in a taxi and isn't enough that you need an entire huge
moving van, you call a "man with a van".** I recently used the
services of a guy named Paul, recommended by a friend of a friend.
After packing the back of his truck with my things, we set off for our
destination, chatting along the way. He asked me how I'd found him and
we eventually got to talking about craigslist.
Paul told me that these days, he got most of his jobs from CL and
only one or two a week from personal referrals. I found that
surprising and when I pressed him further, he told me that because of
CL, he's been able to do pursue moving (which he really likes doing)
as a full-time career. I can't remember the exact quote, but Paul said
something to the effect that he can't believe he's getting away with
starting a full-time business on CL without it costing him a single
dime.
I'd never really thought about it before, but in some ways, CL
helps lots of people build businesses cheaper and more effectively
than more "robust", complex, and expensive enterprise software
solutions. Movers are
just one example. CL can help you find employees
for your business. If you've got a van, you can pick up free furniture and
electronics around the city, fix or refurbish, and sell it. You
can start a business doing computer
troubleshooting, piano lessons, buying
and fixing up old motorcycles, or escort and sensual massage services. And if you need
something done for your business but don't have the money to pay for
it, you can always barter goods or services
in exchange. These are just the obvious examples. Does anyone know of
anyone using craigslist in more creative ways to make a living or
other examples of people succeeding in business using CL?
** Don't know how this evolved, but folks in the "man with a van"
profession like to rhyme the names of their businesses. My guy was
"Call Paul to Haul", but you will also probably find "Chuck/Buck with
a Truck", "Cory with a Lorry", "Schmuck with a Truck", "Call Jack to
Pack", and so on. (Oh, I'd recommend using Paul if you need a man with
a van...contact me
if you'd like his info.)
Rukus Industries CMS modules
Rukus Industries CMS modules
06/16/2004 10:10 AMWelcome to the project site!
NoArchive Becoming Mandatory In Many
Industries
NoArchive Becoming Mandatory In Many
Industries
02/01/2005 09:15 PMWith the explosion of Page Jacking, the NoArchive tag has become a
requirement for most commercial sites.
TLC Industries Launches NextArcade
TLC Industries Launches NextArcade
12/19/2004 03:10 PMThe next generation of interactive home entertainment. [PRWEB Nov 30,
2004]
No Job Growth In IT Industries In
January
No Job Growth In IT Industries In
January
02/06/2005 03:13 AMInformation Week Feb 6 2005 6:47AM GMT
Computing industries stance on 64 bit
processing
Computing industries stance on 64 bit
processing
06/05/2004 01:18 PMAMD Zone Jun 5 2004 5:46PM GMT
Movie and tech industries unite!
Movie and tech industries unite!
07/14/2004 08:03 AMHollywood and tech companies ally for an advance content system. This
new system may allow consumers to make back up copies of movies while
allowing the flexibility of viewing on multiple devices.
Brief: IBM to sell software specialized
for industries
Brief: IBM to sell software specialized
for industries
12/02/2003 01:28 AMThe company believes customers want software already tailored to their
industry, and it plans to target individual industries beginning in
January.
Industries show 'positive' growth
Industries show 'positive' growth
04/28/2004 10:05 AMTourism, manufacturing and construction industries grew during the
first three months of the year.
PC invites EoIs for Telephone Industries
PC invites EoIs for Telephone Industries
04/24/2004 07:56 PMDAWN Group Apr 24 2004 11:41PM GMT
Since U Been Gone Annual Report from
Clarkson Industries
Since U Been Gone Annual Report from
Clarkson Industries
03/29/2005 04:26 AMKelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" as a corporate
presentation
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GolfBC Selects GPS Industries for Second
Golf Facility
GolfBC Selects GPS Industries for Second
Golf Facility
04/19/2005 09:29 AMBC Technology Apr 19 2005 1:31PM GMT
ITT Industries Names Textron Exec as CEO
(Reuters)
ITT Industries Names Textron Exec as CEO
(Reuters)
06/28/2004 08:29 AMReuters - ITT Industries Inc. (ITT.N), a maker
of water pumps and battlefield communications software, on
Monday named a Textron executive, Steven Loranger, as its
president and chief executive, ending a five-month search for a
successor to Louis Giuliano.
TLC Industries Brings Arcade Excitement
Home
TLC Industries Brings Arcade Excitement
Home
08/23/2004 02:45 AMTLC Industries, Inc. to launch new online games service integrated
with authentic arcade hardware and control panels to bring the
excitement of the arcade into the home. [PRWEB Aug 23, 2004]
IBM reorganization to focus on a dozen
vertical industries
IBM reorganization to focus on a dozen
vertical industries
12/02/2003 01:28 AMThe company will announce middleware packages for industries including
insurance, banking, financial services, automotive, retail, consumer
packaged goods, utilities, telecommunications, electronics, health
care, government and life sciences.
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