Michael Geist, as always, has our back on the comings and goings of those undead copyright lobby groups that just won’t die, More than ten years of contentious debate over Canadian copyright law appeared to come to a conclusion in late June when Bill C-11 passed its final legislative hurdle and received royal assent. Yet…
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Motion 312 – Defining the fetus as human
Check out Pass 312.org, the central website for information about an MP Motion in Canada for changing the criminal code to identify an unborn child as human (contrary to what the law currently says). Here’s a little bit of info from the site, 1. Canada’s Criminal code defines unborn children as non human beings! 2….
Undead ACTA Still Thrashing
Check out Michael Geist’s latest update The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do. Here’s an excerpt: The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. (excellent analysis from Benkler and Downes) and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like…
PMO Issues The Order: Canadian DMCA Bill Within Six Weeks
PMO Issues The Order: Canadian DMCA Bill Within Six Weeks