- From: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:31:16 -0400
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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/
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