Author Archives: bhaggart

Shameless self-promotion and the future of journalism

Posted on June 4, 2010 by bhaggart

As you may have heard, yesterday I presented a paper on North American digital copyright policy at the Canadian Political Science Association annual conference. It’s nice to be noticed, but boo to the NDP: the quote about the Americans deals … Continue reading →

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Getting ready to debate Canadian copyright: Things to keep in mind

Posted on April 20, 2010 by bhaggart

So Canada is going to be getting a new copyright bill, sooner rather than later. The cynic in me says that this only means that a federal election is also going be happening sooner rather than later. (My inner cynic … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Access to Information Act leaves grad students out in the cold

Posted on April 13, 2010 by bhaggart

When I get back to Ottawa in a few weeks, I have waiting for me a package of documents I requested from the Privy Council Office (PCO) about Canada’s attempts to implement the 1996 WIPO Internet treaties. I asked for … Continue reading →

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Mexico copyright reform: Well, that was quick

Posted on April 7, 2010 by bhaggart

Way back in November I blogged about the Coalición por el Acceso Legal a la Cultura (Coalition for Legal Access to Culture), which brought together industry and artists’ groups (actually, collection societies representing artists and various unions), the two big … Continue reading →

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Get you ACTA text, right here!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by bhaggart

I’m editing one of my dissertation case studies so I don’t have time to look at it right now, but, for your reading pleasure, here’s a leaked copy of the text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), dated January 18 … Continue reading →

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