Monthly Archives: October 2011

Bill C-11 and digital locks: The National Post comes out swinging

Posted on October 28, 2011 by bhaggart

Shorter National Post: Banning the breaking of digital locks, as the Copyright Modernization Act proposes, has little to do with copyright and impairs individuals’ private-property rights. That’s about 100% correct. It’s a bad proposal that has little, if anything, to do with … Continue reading →

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Canada’s copyright reform bill: Desperately seeking economists (and evidence)

Posted on October 23, 2011 by bhaggart

Even though this is nominally a blog about copyright, and even though much of my work to date has focused has concentrated on the Canadian copyright policymaking process, I haven’t felt much of a need to post anything about the … Continue reading →

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