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Copyright Law

: Michael Geist

National Post Calls for Format Shifting Exception

By Michael Geist

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In a masthead editorial this morning, the National Post calls on the government to establish a format shifting exception that would allow Canadians to legally copy music from the CDs to their iPods, noting that "it is for Parliament to resolve this technological quandary, preferably by explicit recognition of the reality that once you've bought a song, you should be able to take it with you to new platforms."

Full post as published by Michael Geist on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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