Small businesses across Canada are speaking up to warn the government about the damage that its “secret police” Bill C-51 will inflict on our economy. Since we first published a…
Canadians will bear the costs of the new copyright extension, with less choice and higher prices. Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star The Conservative government’s budget this week…
Your news links for today: Experts Urge Canada to Stop Threatening Piracy Notices – TorrentFreak Competition Killer: Why the Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings Will Limit Consumer Choice and…
We wrote a letter to Minister of Industry James Moore demanding that the legal loophole be closed. It is time to put an end to abusive copyright trolls. Article by…
Canadians risk being caught in a web of unbridled government snooping into their personal lives” – that’s the verdict of the government’s own Privacy Commissioner on Bill C-51. Article by…
Longer copyrights will only cost Canadians more money while sweeping up legitimate uses and reuses of content by artists and their access to crucial audiences. Article by Michael Geist The…
The new phone service is a cost-effective alternative , though only available to Americans for now. Article by Dianne Buckner for CBC News Google is about to launch a new…
Your news links for today: Sound Recording Copyright Extension to 70 Years is a MONEY GRAB! – University of Alberta Faculty of Law Blog Is the Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway…
parl_c51.png Parliament is set to debate Bill C-51 this morning (Friday), a day after a joint petition calling for the bill to be scrapped hit the 200,000 mark, making it…
The watchdogs for Canada’s spy agencies are being left out of the Bill C-51 talks. Article by Coleen Freeze for The Globe and Mail The watchdogs for Canada’s spy agencies…
None of the amendments to Bill C-51 begin to address the fundamental threat on basic rights and freedoms, experts say. Article by Carmen Cheung for BCCLA This week, the Senate’s…
This is amazing: our joint petition against spying Bill C-51 has reached an incredible 200,000 signatures. Thanks to everyone for speaking up and sending the government a clear message that…
Your news links for today: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s New Budget Invests Heavily in the Military and Spies – VICE The curious case of Tom Mulcair: C-51 and the…
Four months. This is how long Big Media conglomerates have been using a legal loophole to abuse, confuse, and threaten Canadian downloaders with misleading letters. And the letters have been…
Shrinking the public domain will ultimately hurt artists and internet users Article by Ishmael N. Daro for the National Post Tucked away inside the 500-page budget unveiled in Ottawa Tuesday…
moore_copyright.png For months, foreign media giants have abused Canada’s copyright system by threatening Canadians with penalties that are impossible under Canadian law, in order to intimidate them into paying extortionate…
Why does this remind us of the kid who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar? Article by Amber Hildebrandt for CBC Canada’s electronic spy agency fretted over…
Canadians got an unpleasant surprise in the budget yesterday when the government announced that it would be extending copyright for sound recordings by 20 years, up from Canada’s current term…
3020966268_b0c2231fdf_o.png Content creators and everyday Canadians will pay the price for continued mishandling of copyright policy from government, as unaddressed Notice and Notice loophole continues to expose Canadians to abuse…
Your news links for today: Rogers profits drop 17 per cent amidst fierce competition – Toronto Star Rogers aims to cut down on complaints with new bill format – Mobile…
