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Interactive Multimedia Arts and Technologies (IMAT) has added two new members to its board of directors. Brian Ferstman and Shell Ravas joined the board. Ferstman is a senior associate lawyer in the Toronto office of Davis & Co. As a contract lawyer, he negotiates and drafts a wide range of contracts for clients in three areas: entertainment law with a focus on the film, television and new media industries; information technology and e-commerce law and; intellectual property law with a focus on copyrights, trade marks and trade secrets. He also has more than 10 years experience in the film and television industry in Canada. Ravas is recognized as the first ever employee at ThinData and rose from web designer to VP marketing in four years. Before taking over his current position, he served as the firm’s VP corporate projects and oversaw the company’s venture technology investments in AvailableMedia and The LAW Radio Show. He has also represented ThinData in strategic alliances with Microsoft, AOL Canada and The Toronto Star.

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ZAQ tapped to provide games for Liberate ITV system
Montreal-based ZAQ Inc. has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with Liberate Technologies covering the distribution of interactive TV games. The three-year agreement, with an automatic renewal provision, allows Liberate to use and sub-license the rights to ZAQ’s Cannonball, Memory, Blackjack and Quiz games. "We are extremely pleased that our company was picked as an initial provider of games for the Liberate platform worldwide," ZAQ CEO Paul Allard said in a release.

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Government tells photographers digital issues to take priority in reforms

Comments made by the federal government to the Canadian Photographers Coalition (CPC) indicate government officials are keeping a tight lid on the current copyright reform process. The CPC is seeking changes to the way photography is regulated under copyright law, trying to redress longstanding issues that have been held over from previous rounds of reform.

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Napster alternative won’t be available in Canada without copyright changes: CRIA

The recording industry in the United States released an alternative to the popular Napster file-sharing service last week, but the new service has been neither well-received in the popular press nor is it available to Canadians. MusicNet, which allows subscribers to access music (up to 100 new songs each month) as long as they keep paying fees, is being touted by three of the five major music labels as a viable solution to the rampant piracy encouraged by peer-to-peer networks.

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OMDC tax credit gaining steam: Ostry

The future of the Ontario Digital Media Tax Credit continues to hang in the air a year-and-a-half after its launch as a greater number of companies apply for the help. While the credit was seen as a failure a little over a year ago, much-maligned and with only a handful of applications, today 35 companies have applied for $1.5 million in total labour credits under the program.

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Producers applaud new, re-worked Telefilm multimedia fund guidelines

Long-awaited changes to Telefilm Canada’s multimedia fund, now dubbed the Canada New Media Fund, were finally unveiled December 10, giving new media producers a much-needed and more appropriate instrument with which to kickstart the industry. The document provided few surprises, but twelfth-hour lobbying by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and other content producers resulted in some last-minute changes, including a surprise envelope of cash earmarked for small- and medium-sized enterprises, and the clarification of some language that seemed to preclude television producers from participating in the program. It has long been known, as well, that the fund would be changed to a more equity-like model of loans against revenue (CNM, Aug. 23/01).

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Door open to Internet retransmitters in section 31 legislation tabled Dec. 12

New legislation amending Canada’s retransmission laws tabled on December 12 has opened the door for JumpTV.com Canada Inc. and other Internet companies to become licensed counterparts to satellite TV and cable operators. The legislation, Bill C-48, entrenches the right of cable and satellite companies to re-transmit over-the-air signals without seeking the authorization of broadcasters or content producers. The law will also give Cabinet the right to create regulations outlining the conditions others must meet to take advantage of that same compulsory protection, including Internet firms.

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The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports.

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Broadband gets left out of federal budget, unforeseen events cause headaches

The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) has both praise and criticism for this year’s federal budget. While ITAC recognizes that unforeseen events made it difficult on the government to put the right foot forward and usher in a new era in the Canadian communications transformation, it still reserves some criticism for the budget.

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