Australia Law Reform Commission to Consider Expanded Copyright Exceptions
The Australian Law Reform Commission will be looking at new exceptions to copyright infringement for common internet-related activities. Following up on an earlier announcement, and an October 2011 address by the Attorney-General the draft terms of reference has now been…
Broadcasters File Complaint against CBC for Music Website
The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that a coalition of private broadcasters will file a complaint with the CRTC against the CBC because of the music services it is now providing at http://music.cbc.ca/ Billboard has confirmed that a group…
U.S. Court orders record penalty for fraudulent robocalls
A U.S. Federal Court in New York has ordered a $30 million penalty against a fraudulent robocall operator in an action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC release the $30 million in fines is by…
Strike votes in Canadian public libraries
Even after the well publicized strike at the Toronto Public Library has been settled, other Canadian library workers are feeling the pressure and have responded with strike votes. The Regina Leader Post reports that the city’s public library workers voted…
Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, August 25-27, 2011, convened over 180 experts from 32 countries and six continents to help re-articulate the public interest dimension in intellectual property law and policy. This document records the…
Public Library Boycott of Random House ebooks
The South Shore Public Library has announced a boycott of ebooks published by Random House due to their unfair pricing policies for ebooks. The CBC reports that the small library system will also seek to expand the boycott into other…
Education Groups Differ on Federal Budget Analysis
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has released a detailed analysis about the federal budget. CAUT has quite a different take on this from Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) <http://www.aucc.ca/media-room/news-and-commentary/universities-give-high-marks-to-smart-investments-in-research-and-innovation> and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries…
Toronto and Western sign licensing agreement with Access Copyright
(first posted at http://samtrosow.ca/content/view/112/1/ on January 31, 21012. In a surprise move, two of Canada’s major research universities have entered into a voluntary licensing agreement with Access Copyright. The agreement was announced Monday evening by Access Copyright, the University of…
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