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Harmonizing statutory damages will improve Copyright Board

  • TORONTO—Everyone agrees that the Copyright Board needs fixing. A Senate committee recommended a full review in 2016. The government acted on the recommendation by convening
Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | June 11, 2018
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured recently in Ottawa, said 'We will reform the Copyright Board to ensure that we pay our artists faster and reduce costs for all parties.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Harmonizing statutory damages will improve Copyright Board

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | June 11, 2018
  • TORONTO—Everyone agrees that the Copyright Board needs fixing. A Senate committee recommended a full review in 2016. The government acted on the recommendation by convening

Harmonizing statutory damages will improve Copyright Board

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | June 11, 2018
  • TORONTO—Everyone agrees that the Copyright Board needs fixing. A Senate committee recommended a full review in 2016. The government acted on the recommendation by convening
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured recently in Ottawa, said 'We will reform the Copyright Board to ensure that we pay our artists faster and reduce costs for all parties.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why the CRTC should endorse FairPlay’s piracy site-blocking plan

  • It’s time to have a fair and reasonable conversation about the issue of online piracy in 2018. Piracy has evolved significantly since the days
Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | February 12, 2018
Earlier this month, Fairplay Canada filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission asking for the creation of an independent agency to identify websites and services that are 'blatantly, overwhelmingly, or structurally engaged in piracy.' The CRTC falls under the mandate of Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why the CRTC should endorse FairPlay’s piracy site-blocking plan

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | February 12, 2018
  • It’s time to have a fair and reasonable conversation about the issue of online piracy in 2018. Piracy has evolved significantly since the days

Why the CRTC should endorse FairPlay’s piracy site-blocking plan

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | February 12, 2018
  • It’s time to have a fair and reasonable conversation about the issue of online piracy in 2018. Piracy has evolved significantly since the days
Earlier this month, Fairplay Canada filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission asking for the creation of an independent agency to identify websites and services that are 'blatantly, overwhelmingly, or structurally engaged in piracy.' The CRTC falls under the mandate of Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to fix the ‘value gap’ 

  • In his Hill Times op-ed (“Canadian copyright reform requires a fix on the fair dealing gap,” Dec. 5, 2016) Michael Geist takes issue with the
Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | January 9, 2017
Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured at the Public Policy Forum's Canada Growth Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 12, 2016, with Business Council of Canada president John Manley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to fix the ‘value gap’ 

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | January 9, 2017
  • In his Hill Times op-ed (“Canadian copyright reform requires a fix on the fair dealing gap,” Dec. 5, 2016) Michael Geist takes issue with the

Time to fix the ‘value gap’ 

Opinion | BY BARRY SOOKMAN | January 9, 2017
  • In his Hill Times op-ed (“Canadian copyright reform requires a fix on the fair dealing gap,” Dec. 5, 2016) Michael Geist takes issue with the
Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured at the Public Policy Forum's Canada Growth Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 12, 2016, with Business Council of Canada president John Manley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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