Digital Piracy (Part 3) – Who Decides What is Considered Pirated Material? The Changing Face of Copyright Judgement in Canada
What is the IPRA? The Internet Piracy Review Agency (IPRA) is a proposed non-profit corporation by a coalition of companies including Bell Canada, Rogers, Cineplex, CBC, Corus, Toronto International Film Festival, and Cinémas Guzzo (collectively known as Fair Play Canada) to maintain a list of websites that have hosted or distributed pirated material and force […]
DT Podcast – Episodes 1 & 2: Copyright and Open Access, now available
The Digital Tattoo Podcast – Ep. 1 & 2: Copyright and Open Access The Digital Tattoo Podcast Project explores digital identity issues through interviews and investigations in an engaging audio format. Our first topic is copyright and open access at Canadian Universities. We’ll explore these topics after considering the life of Aaron Swartz, an American […]
The Digital Tattoo Podcast: Episode 1 and 2 about Copyright and Open Access are now available
We’ve been working on bringing you the same exciting digital identity content in a new format. Introducing: The Digital Tattoo Podcast The Digital Tattoo Podcast Project explores digital identity issues through interviews and investigations in an engaging audio format. Our first topic is copyright and open access at Canadian Universities. We’ll explore these themes after […]
Illegal downloading prosecutions over? Think again
If you thought there was nothing to worrying about, you’re wrong. In a Minnesota courtroom this past month, single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset, was ordered to pay 62,500 USD per song for 24 songs she illegally downloaded from KaZaA, a popular file sharing site. AFP reported that the total fine given was an astronomical 1.5 million dollars. […]
“Could you patent the sun?”
Despite all the ink dedicated to open access as a new publishing model it is in fact an old way. Take for example, Dr. Jonas Salk. Unknown thousands, maybe even you, owe their ability to walk to Dr. Salk. How so? He invented the vaccine for Polio in 1952. The research, creation, and funding of […]
Copyright Cowboy
If you have an interest in copyright law and have not already watched Rip!: A remix manifesto, you need to check it out. The director’s politics are a bit heavy handed but the point is eye opening: copyright law has not always been what copyright law is today. Using mash-up music artist Girl Talk as […]
Canada attempts new copyright law
The Canadian government is about to enter round three of amending its outdated copyright legislation after two prior attempts, Bill C-60 and Bill C-61, died on the parliamentary floor. [linebreak] It is difficult to wade through the jingo of the proposed on-line copyright changes, but in a nutshell the bill legalizes existing practices like personal […]
Copyright, Google and antiquity
A recent story in the European press has revealed that some of the oldest works in the human quiver of knowledge will be added to the e-shelf. Italy’s national library has slated up to one million titles for the scanner box, many of them the original works of philosophy and science pioneers. [linebreak] Standard copyright […]
Intellectual Copyright
Video credit:Intellectual Property: Copyrights – posted by Kauffman FoundersSchool on YouTube Watch Think Explore Links Discuss Think Explore In Canada, copyright is inherent with the producer of the original work. This means that you do not have to go to an official copyright certifier to say “I own this.” That being said, in the event […]
Canadian Copyright Act
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