Local record label praises government’s new copyright laws
Internet users, Internet Service Providers and copyright users are all still becoming accustomed to the new copyright notice system that is now in place in Canada, and its effectiveness is …
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New year, new copyright processes
As the new year ushered in declarations of change from those seeking self-improvement, it also marked a change in part of Canada’s copyright law process. As of January 1, 2015, …
Editorial: “Notice-and-notice” process not going to work
As you’ve likely read (in this article), or perhaps experienced yourself, Canadian Internet Service Providers are now required to pass on notices from copyright holders that an IP address they …
Cracking Down on Music Crime: SOCAN Pays a Visit to Ptbo
The Print version of this article was edited slightly for space reasons. The interview below was not in the print version, but was edited into an article format. It will …
Want to Make Education Less Expensive? Support the Freedom of Knowledge
There are fundamental problems at the heart of academic knowledge production today, reinforcing the inequality of a world order that concentrates the predominance of power, wealth and influence in the …
Trend Toward Open Access Research Continues at Princeton
The open access movement got a big boost last month as academic heavyweight Princeton University decided to keep the copyright for its researchers’ work in the public domain. Subscriptions to …
Trent Faces Potential $250,000 Increase in Library Licensing Costs
With files from Jonathan Alphonsus Photocopying books, newspapers, and journals and accessing e-books and e-journals is set to get either a lot more expensive or a lot more confusing. Trent …