Category Archives: Copyright and Patents

Radical Extremist

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Yaacov

Think you should be able to play music you buy at the iTunes store on your non-Apple stereo? Well then, you’re a radical extremist according to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore. Speaking about the recently introduced copyright bill, Moore said … Continue reading →

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The Pirate Bay

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Yaacov

As the movie and music industries have faced up to the reality that they won’t be able to stop online file sharing, new stories about copyright issues have fallen off. But now The Pirate Bay, a popular website for file … Continue reading →

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Consequences of Green Energy

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Yaacov

Before cars, horses were the main mode of transportation, and they used the streets and gutters of cities as their sewers, creating serious environmental and public health issues. In the first half of last century when the car became a … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons Video

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Yaacov

Creative Commons is an organization I’ve been a supporter of for a long time. You’ll notice the CC license at the bottom of my posts and also on all the photos in my Flickr account. When I was at CIGI, … Continue reading →

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