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: Michael GeistCanadian DMCA Letter Writing Campaigns
By Michael Geist
Full post as published by Michael Geist on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).
Canadian DMCA Tabled - File-sharers Could Get Fined $500 Per Infringement
It was one of the much anticipated and much feared bills for digital rights activists. Now, at the last possible moment in the session of parliament, activists worst fears were realized as Jim Prentice tabled Bill C-61 which is dubbed 'The Canadian DMCA' The Canadian DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) got its name out of fears that the new copyright bill, which would amend the copyright act, would be modeled after the DMCA in the United States...
The Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text - Music - Sony Rootkit Legalized
There are numerous headlines right now and protest is only going to get bigger, but what does the Canadian DMCA actually say in it's current version? We here at Zeropaid are currently studying the new legislation so we can show just what is going on...
Broadcasters Reject Canadian DMCA
On the heals of Jim Prentice echoing sentiments of major record labels (video, via Michael Geist) during a question and answer period, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters have stated that they are against a Canadian DMCA...
Run DMCA - The Canadian DMCA: A Betrayal
Michael on Prentice’s CanDMCA gift to his American friends, as he apparently gets ready to skip off to a new portfolio (thxkbai!). Similar Posts:None Found
Is It Time To Scrap The DMCA
It has been almost eight years since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (?DMCA?) became law, and throughout its relatively short life, the use of the DMCA has sparked controversy between digital content providers who are trying to protect their works from ever-easier copying and those who advocate greater access to information...
Proposal for Canadian gun laws
Letter here. Interesting, since if the letter is correct, present Canadian law (1) does not require marking of a gun with its importer (US law since 1968, I believe) and (2) its definition of firearm only includes a complete and operable gun, not any one part such as the receiver (which has been US law since 1938, I think).
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Canadian Government
allegedly used Canadian soldier as test subjects for nuclear explosion radiation exposure.
Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.
Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CIBC
Hydroxycut
Canadian Class Action Launched
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