- From: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:31:16 -0400
- To: "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <500603D4.5020702@arcanedomain.com>
Of possible interest for the TAG work on copyright (and for other reasons
too) -- from Slashdot [1], referencing Michael Geist:
/An anonymous reader writes/:
/"Last week, a Canadian Supreme Court decision attracted attention
<http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/07/12/1915212/canadas-supreme-court-strikes-down-copyright-fees-on-music-video>
[2] for reduced copyright fees for music and video. Michael Geist has a
detailed analysis that concludes there are two bigger, long term
effects. First, Canada has effectively now adopted fair use
<http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6589/125/>. Second, the
Supreme Court has made technological neutrality a foundational
principle <http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6592/125/> of
Canadian copyright. The technological neutrality principle could have
an enormous long-term impact on Canadian copyright, posing a threat to
some copyright collective tariff proposals and to the newly enacted
digital lock rules."/
Noah
[1]
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/17/2138257/canadian-supreme-court-entrenches-tech-neutrality-in-copyright-law
[2]
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/07/12/1915212/canadas-supreme-court-strikes-down-copyright-fees-on-music-video
[3] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6589/125/
[4] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6592/125/
Received on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 00:31:31 UTC