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Europeans Crush “California Champagne”

Europeans Crush “California Champagne”

Its not often that a small country like Belgium would have the bravado to take on the world's superpower. But earlier this year David literally crushed Goliath in a geographical indicators dispute between the old and new worlds. It was reported on January 10, 2008 that 3,200 bottles of André sparkling wine from California were […]

Music Previews: Should Use of a Marketing Tool be Considered Fair Dealing for the Purpose of Research?

Music Previews: Should Use of a Marketing Tool be Considered Fair Dealing for the Purpose of Research?

In October 2007, the Copyright Board of Canada rendered a decision regarding tariffs payable to SOCAN by online music services.[1] As part of the Board’s decision it concluded that music previews do not infringe copyright as they constitute fair dealing for the purpose of research. While I agree in principle that a prospective purchaser of […]

Is content blocking coming to Canada?

Is content blocking coming to Canada?

According to this story in the Globe and Mail, the music industry is keen on getting Internet service providers (ISPs) to block traffic for users who sharing copyrighted music files. Canadian ISPs like Bell and Rogers already shape traffic to some extent by limiting the amount of bandwidth available to file sharing (and you couldn't […]