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Some stylized facts, two assertions, and one question about copyright and file sharing

Posted on June 21, 2012 by bhaggart

It seems that one of my alt-rock heroes, David Lowery*, has managed to spark a debate over how musicians fare in the brave new world of digital distribution and file sharing. That’s a good thing because creators are all-too-often taken … Continue reading →

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Canadian copyright and the rise of user rights

Posted on June 19, 2012 by bhaggart

With Bill C-11 (legislative summary) moving ever-closer to Royal Assent, Michael Geist has a must-read post about how regular Canadians’ helped to make the final Conservative bill a lot more user-friendly than they had planned way back in 2007. For … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 27, 2012 by bhaggart

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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Copyright turmoil: freedom of speech trumping protection arguments (except in Canada?)

Posted on February 11, 2012 by bhaggart

It’s been a busy few weeks for copyright policy around the world, hasn’t it? Latvia, Poland the Czech Republic and – isn’t this something – now Germany have refused to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), although Germany is only … Continue reading →

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