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Pitblado Lectures talk

On Friday November 6, 2015 I was honoured to be invited to be on a panel and give a talk at the Pitblado Lectures  in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This 55th edition of the Pitblado Lectures was put on by the Law Society of Manitoba, The Manitoba Bar Association, and The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law […]

UNESCO Convention Roundtable Video

The video of my short presentation on “Relevance for Creative Digitization & the Internet” at the “Roundtable on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions – Impacts and Implications of the UNESCO Convention Ten Years After and Ten Years Ahead: The View From BC” at Simon Fraser University, February 25, 2014 has been posted and can be […]

News of the Week Top 5; May 6, 2015

News of the Week Top 5; May 6, 2015

1. “Homophobe” brings Ireland’s first “right to be forgotten” court case 2. Homophobic game gets pulled from Steam Greenlight, developer issues statement 3. Secret Shuts Down 4. Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch: Aggressive tactics from the music giant have garnered scrutiny from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission […]

News of the Week Top 5; April 29, 2015

News of the Week Top 5; April 29, 2015

1. Carmakers Want To Use Copyright Law To Make Working On Your Car Illegal 2. DVD Makers Say That You Don’t Really Own The DVDs You Bought… Thanks To Copyright   3. Competition Killer: Why the Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings Will Limit Consumer Choice and Increase Costs (Michael Geist) 4. Woman behind Pakistan’s first hackathon, Sabeen Mahmud, shot […]

News of the Week Top 5; April 22, 2015

News of the Week Top 5; April 22, 2015

1. Op-ed: What if MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” had been on Facebook?: Under current Alabama law, it would have been a crime. Other states feel similar. 2. Copyright For Sale: How the Sony Documents Illustrate the Link Between the MPAA and Political Donations (Michael Geist) + As Sony Continues Threatening Reporters, NY Times Reporter Wins Pulitzer For […]

Monetization of Modding

There has been a very interesting and controversial development in the world of video games: Valve’s Paid ‘Skyrim’ Mods Are A Legal, Ethical And Creative Disaster To put it briefly, we seem to be witnessing the first major push to turn freely available video game mods into a commodity, and into a revenue stream for […]

Data Mining on Emoji Use

Saw this in the news and thought you guys might enjoy it, if anyone is in need a bit of a laugh/study break today. “Report finds that Canadians top the world in smiling poop emoji use: Canadian emoji users found to be twice as raunchy and violent as the rest of the world” “The report’s “findings […]

Proposed change to federal copyright law

The federal budget, in a section entitled “celebrating our heritage,” proposes to make some changes to the Copyright Act by extending the copyright term to sound recordings and performances for an additional 20 years. Many fear that these changes will undo the 2012 legislative amendments and restrict artistic freedom. Some have been quick to point […]

News of the Week Top 5; April 15, 2015

News of the Week Top 5; April 15, 2015

1. Photos secretly taken of family through window are art, not invasion of privacy: court 2. Court Adds Much-Needed Element Of Malice To Nova Scotia’s Terrible Cyberbullying Law   3. EFF Successfully Challenges Key Claims in “Podcasting Patent” 4. Russia’s Internet censor reminds citizens that some memes are illegal 5. Apple and the Self-Surveillance State (Paul Krugman) jon

Halt and Catch Fire

I recently came across a new series on Netflix, “Halt and Catch Fire.” Seems to consider a lot of the themes we spoke about during our class.