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I have blogged in the past about the evolving communication strategy for Industry Minister Jim Prentice and copyright reform. Just prior to the release of the bill, I posted an "unofficial" backgrounder that noted that Prentice was hoping to shuffle the bill to the committee so that he would not have to deal with it all summer long. True to form, Prentice's brief responses at this weekend's Stampede Breakfast suggest that this is precisely the line that he intends to use. Having had limited success with the "made in Canada" claims and absolute disasters when asked about specifics in the bill (note that Kempton Lam reports that Prentice's chief of staff Jean-Sebastien Rioux says that people have been "too specific" about the bill's shortcomings), Prentice is now hoping to simply not answer questions by claiming that there will be an opportunity to debate the bill at committee. In this exchange with Jan Rubak, Prentice
Michaelgeist.ca Tuesday, July 08, 2008

The Bloc on C-61

I've posted typical responses from the Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP to C-61. Several people have written with the Bloc response, which receives good coverage from Patrick Tanguay.
Michaelgeist.ca Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Google Responds to the CRTC Throttling Case

The CBC reports on some of the responses to the CRTC's throttling case between Bell and CAIP, with google among those coming out strongly against Bell's position.
Michaelgeist.ca Tuesday, July 08, 2008

61 Reforms to C-61, Day 12: Music Shifting Provision and Private Copying

I noted last week that Bill C-61 creates a legal framework that means that consumers may buy a CD and pay the levy on a blank CD, yet still violate the law if they circumvent copy-controls in order to make a private copy of their purchased CD. There is a second private copying angle that merits analysis. The music shifting provision blocks users from shifting music to their iPod if they borrowed or rented the sound recording to be shifted. However, in what may be a case of bad drafting, the same provision appears to allow users to transfer borrowed or rented CDs to their iPod with one additional step that bring private copying into the picture. The process requires the user to make a private copy of a sound recording onto a blank CD. The private copying system allows for such copies from borrowed or rented CDs. The user then shifts the sound recordings from the private copied CD to their iPod. This additional step would appear to meet the req
Michaelgeist.ca Tuesday, July 08, 2008

G8 Pushes ACTA Completion By End of 2008

They may not want to tell anyone what the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement contains, but the G8 nations are willing to set a timeline for its completion. In the final statement on IPRs today, the G8 leaders "encouraged the acceleration of negotiations to establish a new international legal framework, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and seek to complete the negotiation by the end of this year."
Michaelgeist.ca Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Google: Big Data as Competitive Advantage

Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: Yesterday's New York Times nominates google (GOOG) as the Zen Master of the Anywhere internet era because it is using network effects like Microsoft (MSFT) did during the PC revolution. Personally, I like google's chief economist's reason better: the company focuses on learning from experience:Google, it seems, is the emerging dominant company in the Internet era, much as Microsoft was in the PC era. The study of networked businesses, market competition and antitrust law is being reconsidered in a new context, shaped by google. Google’s explanation for its large share of the Internet search market — more than 60 percent — is simply that it is a finely honed learning machine. Its scientists constantly improve the relevance of search results for users and the efficiency of its advertising system for advertisers and publishers. “The source of Google’s competitive advantage is learning by doing,” said Hal
The Internet Stock Blog Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Yahoo Looking at Demand Media to Plug Some Holes?

Michael Arrington submits: Demand media, founded by former MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt, has quietly grown into a pretty large business, with rumored revenues of around $250 million, and profitable. It just so happens that what Demand media is good at - generating lots of advertising impressions and creating niche social networks for media sites, may be a perfect fit for at least some of what ails Yahoo (YHOO).Which explains why Yahoo has approached Demand Media to acquire them in the last couple of weeks, say multiple sources close to the companies. The rumors started when someone spotted Yahoo’s new Head of U.S. Region Hilary Schneider leaving Demand Media’s offices in Santa Monica a couple of weeks ago. She was there, reportedly, to float the idea of an acquisition by the company, in the $1.5 - $2 billion range, say our sources.Complete Story »
The Internet Stock Blog Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Yahoo Partners with Getty Images: Strategic Shift for Image Search?

Thomas Hawk submits: Getty Images and Yahoo (YHOO) Tuesday announced a partnership which will allow Getty Images to begin marketing select images that Flickr users upload online. "We are excited and proud to be partnering with Flickr to offer our customers even more choice for their projects. Our customers will be able to select and use the best imagery from a fresh collection of high-quality images chosen by us from Flickr's diverse and prolific community," said Jonathan Klein, co-founder and CEO of Getty Images. "Flickr is the ideal partner as we continue to move the imagery industry forward by offering the broadest range of high quality digital content to our customers."Complete Story »
The Internet Stock Blog Tuesday, July 08, 2008

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