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Government retreats on copyright reform

December 13, 2007 by

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A Canadian news story on a momentary stalling of the entrenchment of the copyright culture in Canada. The weight of this culture of permission, of closed access, is felt especially heavily in Canadian universities, where royalties are collected, presumably on the behalf of authors, while restricting the extent of access to any given author’s work.… [Read more…]

Cyberspace News, 1

November 19, 2007 by

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From CBC News: Virtual furniture theft leads to real bust Thursday, November 15, 2007 Online currencies in 3D social networking sites are becoming more present, resulting in what is virtually a second economy, and with in-world thefts resulting in arrests as in this case: “Dutch police have arrested a 17-year-old for stealing virtual furniture from… [Read more…]

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