A New Year'S Copyright Puzzler
David Wiley hasn't responded to my response to his questions yet, but he has posted a couple more items in his own ongoing look at the Creative Commons Non-Commercial clause (CC-NC). On Wednesday, he created a game on CC-NC. More...

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Cached Music Files Not Copyright Infringement
It's an obvious ruling, but in today's environment it is still nice (and a bit of a relief) to see the court set a precedent. if you're wondering what it was about - internet service providers, who connect you to the internet at home, often save copies of frequently requested files so they do not have to retrieve them from the web every time they are requested. More...

Copyright Criminals
I just have to say, if people find it easier to take pictures of book pages and read them that way, then the publishing industry is in trouble. Their solution: digital camera detectors in their stores. Sheesh. More...

Copyright Excesses Worry Teachers, Scholars
Coverage of the recent Knowledge Held Hostage? Scholarly Versus Corporate Rights in the Digital World at the Annenberg School for Communication (it's too bad the conference didn't make presentations available online). According to the article, "Educators and legal experts contend new technologies and lawsuits are creating uncertainty about what is exempt under the law." Even where fair use rights exist, the threat of litigation has schools consulting their lawyers first, weighing the educational benefit against the cost of defending their rights. More...

Canada and Copyright
Good summary of the recent history, current state and likely future of file sharing under Canadian copyright law. Things are good now in this country, but likely to go downhill fast if pledges to reform copyright law are acted upon. More...

Copyright Arrest in Japan
A Japanese professor who developed a file-sharing program called Winny was arrested "on suspicion of developing and offering free downloads" of copyrighted material. Isamu Kaneko, a 33-year-old assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, developed Winny in 2002. More...

Righting Copywrongs
The point in this article is simple and well-taken: legislators considering whether Canada's copyright legislation ought to be changed to prohibit file sharing ought to look at Lawrence Lessig's experiment in free publishing. More...

Don't Let File-swappers Swamp Copyright Law
This unsigned comment on the recent Canadian court decision to the effect that file sharing technology is legal in Canada (though - I might add, advertising, promoting or selling copies of commercial content is not) may as well have been written by an unnamed recording industry executive. More...

Collection of National Copyright Laws Now Online
Like the website says, "Full texts of national copyright and related rights legislation of UNESCO Member States can now be accessed on the website of UNESCO's Culture Sector. More...