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…
Category: IP
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…
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.…
Amazon’s Kindle and the Doctrine of Exhaustion
With much fanfare last Monday, Amazon.com released their wireless e-book reader that uses e-ink technology and allows users to purchase books wirelessly over Sprint’s cellular network in the United States.…
I.B.M. to offer Office Software Free in challenge to Microsoft’s Line
IBM is going to offer free programs to compete with Microsoft’s Office programs. A new attempt for some good old Microsoft-bashing, IBM failed in 1990 to compete head-on with its…
CRIA Suddenly Against Private Copying Levy It Lobbied So Hard For
With the recent Copyright Board preliminary decision which incorporates digital recorders as an audio recording medium[1]; you would think that the CRIA would be jumping for joy as the inclusion…