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The effect of trade agreements on developing countries’ IP laws

Posted on November 27, 2011 by bhaggart

The International Centre for Trade an Sustainable Development and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development have just published an interesting-looking paper that deals with the issue of how trade agreements affect the implementation of intellectual property rights by … Continue reading →

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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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Canada and the United States: Two Separate Countries, Part XVII

Posted on September 21, 2011 by bhaggart

Think the “Beyond the Border” Canada-U.S. joint security arrangement will do anything to improve the two countries’ overall trade relationship, beyond the direct effects of the agreements’ provisions (provided they’re not overridden by Congress)? Think again: Canada plans to fight … Continue reading →

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The spread of copyright norms: Evidence from Sweden

Posted on September 6, 2011 by bhaggart

Yet more evidence, via Wikileaks cables, of another country’s decision to acquiesce to U.S. copyright-reform demands. This time it’s Sweden, and the cables reveal a virtual checklist of demands, including the prosecution of the owners of the Pirate Bay. An … Continue reading →

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