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Also in the Star:

January 16, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Also in the Star:

Cory Doctorow’s op-ed from Saturday: Trademark political shenanigans. On Copyright law, corporate political funding, and artist-unfriendly DRM.

Tags: Arts, Canadian Politics, Copyfight

Michael Geist has posted

June 21, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Michael Geist has posted

a preliminary analysis and summary of Canada’s proposed copyright bill, aka Bill C-60. Geist writes, “There is simply no denying that the lobbying efforts of the copyright owners, particularly the music industry, have paid off as they are the big winners in this bill. The bill focuses almost exclusively on creating new rights for this select group…” This is definitely a file to follow in the weeks and months ahead.

Later…Geist has followed up with a Bill C-60 Users Guide that goes through it point by point. Good reading.

Tags: Arts, Canadian Politics, Media

Zeke has some words

May 16, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Zeke has some words

today about the installation of Maman by Louise Bourgeois at the National Gallery in Ottawa. Today’s post is a followup on his post on Wednesday, which correctly called into question the competence of bureaucrats who issued a press release on the installation of such a work after Mother’s Day – among other things.

Competency questions aside, I can’t wait to see the new sculpture. I lived about a block away from the Gallery for almost 4 years in the early 90s and the space that Maman will occupy has always screamed out for a major, large-scale installation. I’ll have plenty of opportunities to see it soon, as our new house is just 1 km away from the Gallery.

Tags: Arts

Icon Magazine:

March 31, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Icon Magazine:

21 most influential things and people influencing design today.

Tags: Arts

Typographica:

February 18, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Typographica:

Our Favorite Fonts of 2004. The comment about Auto: “The following confessions were found in an unnamed schoolgirl’s diary: -I think I want Auto 3 Italic to be my boyfriend. -Where in the rule books does it say that counters must be closed? Set them free, Auto 3! -I dreamt again of Auto, but this time its three brilliant and handsome creators were there. We all snuggled with a giant, furry swash ‘A’.”

Tags: Arts

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