
Paul Kennedy at CBC radio did a show on Who owns ideas recently, interviewing a range of IP dignitaries from James Boyle to Cory Doctorow and taking in Jane Ginsburg and Michael Geist along the way. Recommended.

Michael Geist has been pointing out that Canada's proposed new copyright law Bill C-61, could also have undesirable environmental costs.

Thanks to Michael Geist for the pointer to this story from the Washington Post: Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing

From Michael Geist: How the U.S. got its Canadian copyright bill

From CBC news (thanks to Michael Geist for the pointer):

Michael Geist points me to another important story in the US: the Internet Archive challenged the FBI's serving of a national security letter late last year and the FBI has now withdrawn the request for a patron's details.

Michael Geist points me to another important story in the US: the Internet Archive challenged the FBI's serving of a national security letter late last year and the FBI has now withdrawn the request for a patron's details.