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Is Canada the Monkey or the Organ Grinder When it Comes to Proposed Copyright Legislation?
(2011-03-30)
Twenty years ago copyright was an issue that attracted the attention of few people. In the digital age it has become a political hot potato, particularly in Canada. Many contend that the principle of fair dealing for ...
Going Global and the World Social Forum: The Struggle for Justice Beyond the Nation-State
(2011-03-29)
In the past ten years beginning with the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle 1999 there has been an intense wave of international activism not unlike the political activism of the late 1960s. Unlike ...
Social Networking and Political Activism: The Great Canadian Copyright Fight - Over or Not?
(2011-03-29)
In 2007 and 2008 there was a hard fought campaign against proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act, changes which would have privileged producers and owners of copyright over users. Particularly notable about the ...