copyright
Can stern letters really stop Canadians from downloading illegally?
Canada is taking a stab at stopping unauthorized downloading of digital content by sending notices
Filmmaker sues to use Happy Birthday without payment
2010 academic article suggests copyright expired no later than 1963
How hit songs become advertising sound-alikes
‘Please rip off the Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Lumineers’
Why 3D printers could hammer the manufacturing industry
The new age of piracy
Privacy commissioner denies Internet surveillance compromise with police
Jesse Brown on why the online spying bill made a comeback
Justin Trudeau’s geek factor
Jesse Brown evaluates the putative Liberal Leader hopeful’s record on digital policy
Google censors The Pirate Bay
The world’s largest search engine has quietly expanded its list of censored search phrases, TorrentFreak reports. This week, they added domain names from popular file-sharing site, the Pirate Bay. While the move does not effect user’s ability to use the site, keywords associated with the Pirate Bay will not long appear in Google’s Instant and Autocomplete search services.
Google fights piracy… except its own?
The new search algorithm seems exceedingly kind toward YouTube
Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay go to Washington
Meet the Internet Association, the big dot-coms’ lobby group
How copyright rules silenced Romney
A great real-life example of how copyright can become censorship
Comedian displeased with Memorial U.
Says “havin’ a time” is his phrase, not theirs
Carleton rejects Access Copyright license agreement
Latest school to turn down agreement that would raise student fees