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The kneecapping of Canadian soft power (government budget cuts edition)

This is not good news: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has been invited to review its operating and program expenses. This exercise is part of a more general effort aiming to reduce the deficit, modernize the government and to … Continue reading

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On the move

I’m very happy to announce that in July I will be joining the Department of Political Science at Brock University as an Assistant Professor. (As my brother suggested, I’ve clarified that my actual title is not Assistant to the Professor.) … Continue reading

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Metaphor slinging, ends and means: Yet another plea for a rational copyright debate

While slogging through my Google Reader backlog this morning, I came across this interesting Ars Technica post on “metaphor slinging” in the Copyright Wars. You know: is it “infringement” or is it “theft”? Asher Hawkins reminds us that people have been … Continue reading

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Canada, Mexico and the TPP: The IP fun continues!

Canada may have just all-but-passed a copyright-reform bill that’s been over a decade in the making, but more intellectual-property changes could be coming down the pike, for it and Mexico, thanks to the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade, etc. negotiations between the United … Continue reading

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SOPA lobbying: The behind the scenes story

As a quick follow-up to my previous post, anyone interested in how the Stop Online Piracy Act has come ever-closer to being the law of the land in the U.S., and anyone interested in how the U.S. policymaking process works, … Continue reading

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