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James Gannon is a lawyer at the firm McCarthy Tétrault. The views expressed here are his own.
Tag Archives: 2010 Copyright Bill
4 Predictions for Copyright Reform Attempt 4
Posted by on May 6, 2011
With the new majority government having been elected at the federal level earlier this week, it is perhaps not too soon to speculate what kind of movement there will be on the copyright file. The Conservative party promised in their election platform to “reintroduce and pass the Copyright Modernization Act” (i.e. former Bill C-32), so [...]
Notice and Notice: Rogers’ Numbers Don’t Add Up
Posted by on March 29, 2011
Last week, representatives from Telus Communications, Rogers Communications and Bell Canada testified in what became the penultimate hearing of the Bill C-32 Parliamentary Committee . The hearing focussed on evidence from the ISPs on the effectiveness of the notice-and-notice system (N&N), which would have been codified in Bill C-32. Only one of the ISPs, Rogers, [...]
Correcting Geist on Notice-and-Notice
Posted by on March 8, 2011
Last week saw some lively presentations (as legal presentations go) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on the subject of copyright reform and Bill C-32. On Wednesday, I gave a presentation on the subject of Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) along with Catherine Lovrics of Bereskin & Parr. The next day, Ottawa University Professor [...]
University of Toronto Presentation on TPMs and DRM
Posted by on March 2, 2011
I was delighted to be welcomed back to the University of Toronto Law School’s Technology and Intellectual Property Group conference this year. My presentation dealt with legal protection for technological protection measures (TPMs) and Bill C-32. Below are my slides from the presentation:
Links to Bill C-32 Parliamentary Committee Hearings
Posted by on December 8, 2010
In the next few months, I’ll be updating the right side-bar of my blog with links to the English transcripts of the Bil C-32 Parliamentary Committee hearings. While the official transcripts might take a week or so to appear on the House of Commons website, the audio recordings of the hearings are usually available right [...]
Daniel Glover’s copyright reform presentation from 7th Annual Telecommunications Forum
Posted by on November 11, 2010
Earlier this week, my colleague Daniel Glover presented at the 7th Annual Telecommunications Forum on the topic of Canadian copyright reform. His slides below do an excellent job at reviewing the recent history of copyright law in Canada and comparing the recent reform processes in Canada and the UK.
TPMs: A comprehensive guide for Canadian copyright law
Posted by on November 9, 2010
Based on last week’s debate in the House of Commons, it appears as though one of the more contentious elements of Bill C-32, the Copyright Amendment Act, are the provision pertaining to digital locks, or technological protection measures (“TPMs”) as they’re called in the Bill. Although I earlier pointed to many errors the NPD critic made with [...]
Timmins Daily Press Op-Ed
Posted by on November 5, 2010
The Timmins Daily Press is printing an elaborated version of my post from last week on Charlie Angus’ C-32 Blunder, titled “Politicians should read laws before they vote on them”.
Bill C-32 TPM Provisions: What Do the WIPO Treaties Require?
Posted by on November 3, 2010
Yesterday, the House of Commons debated Bill C-32, the Copyright Amendment Act. One aspect of the Bill that was brought up by members of Parliament for every party was the legal protection for digital locks (or “TPMs” as they’re called in the Bill) pursuant to Canada’s obligations under the WIPO Internet Treaties. A statement from [...]
Charlie Angus’ C-32 Blunder
Posted by on October 26, 2010
Last Friday, Canadian MP Charlie Angus, NDP critic for “Digital Issues”, brought forth a petition in the House of Commons. The petition decried what Angus referred to as “the sacrosanct protection for digital locks”. He later elaborated on his stance regarding digital locks by noting: For example, the present government’s plan with digital locks would actually lock [...]
