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US website dissects Canadian copyright symposium speakers list

Briefs | 04/29/2008 11:05 pm EDT

San Diego CA-based file-sharing news website ZeroPaid.com has dissected the speakers list from the Public Policy Forum held in Ottawa on April 28. ZeroPaid scrutinized the speakers list, which included the US ambassador to Canada and the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, as well as University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist, in response to the announcement that Ottawa copyright lawyer Howard Knopf had been uninvited from the forum. "It could be debatable on whether this represents a fair and balanced perspective on copyright," Drew Wilson on ZeroPaid. "One could ask where are the people from, for example, Online Rights Canada or CIPPIC?" To read the full dissection, click here.

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