As Canada Seemingly Heads Towards Election, No Clear Voice in Ottawa for Digital Rights Drew Wilson | July 8, 2021 Bill C-10 has put Canada in uncharted territories in more ways than one. One aspect is the fact that no party is a champion for digital rights.
GitHub Re-Instates YouTube-DL After Letter from the EFF Drew Wilson | November 21, 2020 GitHub has re-instated repositories for online backup tool, YouTube-DL. This after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sent a letter.
Cory Doctorow: We’re In Copyright Crisis and It’s Going to Get Worse Drew Wilson | January 24, 2020 In response to a lot of what is occurring in the world of copyright law, Cory Doctorow is making the case that we are in a Copyright crisis.
Digital Rights Organizations Push for User Rights in Article 17 Drew Wilson | January 20, 2020 Europe is holding hearings about the implementation of Article 17 (censorship machines). Digital rights organizations are pushing for rights.
Creative Commons Community Celebrates Another Court Win Drew Wilson | January 14, 2020 The Creative Commons community is celebrating another legal win. The US court of appeals have confirmed the non-commercial element of the license.
European Commission Report Demands Canada Implement Internet Censorship Drew Wilson | January 3, 2020 It seems that multinational corporations are now relying on Europe to pressure Canada into implementing internet censorship. Signs of this come from a recent report.
Reflecting On the 2010’s: Erosion of File-Sharing, Broadening of Rights Drew Wilson | January 1, 2020 What has the decade looked like on the digital rights front? Drew Wilson looks back at the decade that was.
Taylor Swift Big Machine Records Spat Highlights Copyright in Music Drew Wilson | November 19, 2019 Taylor Swift and her label, Big Machine Records, have been involved in an argument. The spat is highlighting a longstanding issue with copyright.
NAFTA 2.0 Inching Closer to Ratification, Though Hurdles Exist Drew Wilson | October 31, 2019 NAFTA 2.0, sometimes referred as USMCA, is inching closer to ratification. US speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said they are getting closer to ratification.
Publishers Considers Anti-Trust Action Over Google Following the Law Drew Wilson | September 28, 2019 French and German publishers are teaming up, calling Google following the law a violation of competition laws. They doubled down on their “blackmail” comments.
