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Where is that "buy me now" button for Copyright?

Much of the copyright debate reads like fiction. People supposedly find content on the Internet which has a "buy me now" button and a "take without paying" button, and they choose the latter. The non-fiction version of this story is very different. For...

Published Sat, Jun 28 2008 12:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Format, Standard, Scrambling, Defects

Copyright: locks, levies, lawsuits or licensing? Part1: locks

Copyright is merely a series of activities which someone can do with human creativity that requires permission of the copyright holder to do legally. If you do one of these things without permission, the copyright holder has the right to sue you. (Lawsuits...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2008 12:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Copyright holder

Rush, Ayn Rand, and the "Conservative" party's copyright bill

On Jun 12'th there were two important events in my life. Early in the day the "Conservative" party tabled their copyright bill C-61, and later that evening I was in Montreal watching Rush as part of their Snakes and Arrows tour . One of the things I love...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:06 AM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Private activities

A first look at Canada's "Born in the USA" Copyright bill.

Having a chance for a quick read of Bill C-61 , I can say that it will likely be decades before we fully understand how this bill will be interpreted by the courts. Contrary to what the Minister claimed, this bill reduces certainty in the marketplace...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2008 7:06 AM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Isp liability regime

The Two Open Sources

This last month I have encountered a common misunderstanding pertaining to Linux and open source. Many representatives of corporate entities equate open source, and Linux for that matter, with the dvds you find taped to magazines in your local bookstore...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2008 10:06 PM by Dr. Chevalier

Filed under: Community distros, Commercial grade, Supportability

51'st State: It's US vs U.S. in the battle for Canadian Sovereignty

Gordon Duggan at Appropriation Art has published a comic (PDF) about Canadian Copyright revision. It is a classic battle of good vs. evil of comic proportions where the "Evil Emissaries of American Interests try to suppress the Fantastic Freedom of Expression...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2008 1:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Evil emissaries, Mcteague, Fighters, Fantastic freedom, Dan mcteague

Dan McTeague wants gas prices down, copyright prices up?

I have had a Google Alerts for Dan McTeague for a few months, since I heard he was promoting a form of policy counterfeiting by confusing counterfeiting, commercial copyright piracy, non-commercial illegal sharing, patent, trademark, and other quite different...

Published Sun, Jun 08 2008 1:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Producers, Prices, Energy

New media broadcasting online consultation: What is new media broadcasting?

The following is my first submission to the New Media Broadcasting online consultation . I spent a few hours on the site this afternoon and made other contributions, but this was my main one. What is new media broadcasting? In order to discuss new media...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 3:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Broadcasting

Industry Minister Jim Prentice sidesteps question on counterfeit treaty and Copyright bill

If you look up counterfeit in Wikipedia it starts with, "A counterfeiting is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins." What would you call a treaty that is being negotiated in secret, needed a...

Published Wed, Jun 04 2008 3:06 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Minister, Copyright bill, Prentice

Why Business Needs to Support Net Neutrality

There has been a great deal of discourse on the subject of Net Neutrality. Google has been highly supportive of this issue, including a letter to the US House of Representatives from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Last week, NDP MP Charles Angus introduced...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2008 10:06 AM by Dr. Chevalier

Filed under: Controls, Initiatives