copyright laws
PRO-IP Act is dangerous and unnecessary, say industry groups
Last month, the Copyright Office held a closed-door session on the issue of statutory damages. A small affair, the roundtable was a response to the PRO-IP Act introduced in Congress late last year. In the wake of the meeting, eight public interest and industry groups have published a white paper (PDF) arguing against any changes to the "one work" rule and the increases in statutory damages that would result from such changes.
UK looks to relax restrictive copyright laws
The U.K. is looking to change copyright laws that make it illegal to copy music for personal use and for libraries to archive material under copyright.
The Canadian DMCA: What You Can Do
With the Canadian version of the DMCA likely to be introduced within the next two weeks, there has a remarkable outpouring of interest from individual Canadians about what they can do to have their concerns heard.
