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Canadian Copyright Group Seeks To License the Net
An anonymous reader writes "A new Toronto Star article from Michael Geist not only describes why Canadian Ministers of Education are pushing a copyright proposal that will harm Internet access, but also reveals how a copyright group is seeking to create a new license for Internet content. Access Copyright, a copyright collective, wants to use a new international text standard to license everything from books to blogs. Geist outlines in his blog how Canadians can fight back against these bonehead proposals." -
Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff
C-Yo writes "While Canadians have battled against an iPod tariff for more than a year, now comes news that Canada's copyright collectives are seeking a tariff on iTunes as well. Professor Michael Geist (who last week dismantled music industry claims about peer-to-peer) reports that one collective is demanding an incredible 25% of the gross revenue of music download services as well as 15% of webcasters' gross revenue and 10% of gamers gross revenue (free version of report or Toronto Star reg. version). When combined with other tariff proposals, it would appear that Canada's collectives want to the kill the download industry, demanding at least 40% of everything iTunes, Napster, and other new services earn." -
Canadian Ct. Rules On Freelancer Copyrights
Paul Starrson writes "A Canadian court has issued an important new decision on the rights of freelancers to be compensated for their work when it appears in a newspapers' database. This case, Robertson v. Thompson Corp., sounds much like the U.S. Tasini case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided several years ago. In this commentary on the case, it appears that the court provided a strong affirmation of the need for balance in Canadian copyright law but foreshadows a future battle over database rights in Canada."