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As part of their The Download Decade series, the Globe & Mail is asking readers to help craft a new copyright bill for Canada. As background:

In June of 2008, the last time Ottawa attempted to introduce copyright reform, many Canadians spoke out against legislation that they felt didn’t do an adequate job of balancing the rights of consumers with the rights of content producers. In the end, the proposed legislation, Bill C-61, died as an election was called. Still, nearly 90,000 people joined the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group — a clear sign that this issue resonates with Canadians.

But signing your name to a Facebook group is one thing. Getting active in copyright reform is something else entirely. So today we’re asking Globe and Mail readers to offer their thoughts on copyright. We would like to craft a new copyright bill. 

Join in on the discussion or just read about it here.

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Erick Schonfeld sparks a flurry of activity on Techcrunch with his observation that the Internet is shifting to real-time:

Once again, the Internet is shifting before our eyes. Information is increasingly being distributed and presented in real-time streams instead of dedicated Web pages. The shift is palpable, even if it is only in its early stages. Web companies large and small are embracing this stream. It is not just Twitter. It is Facebook and Friendfeed and AOL and Digg and Tweetdeck and Seesmic Desktop and Techmeme and Tweetmeme and Ustream and Qik and Kyte and blogs and Google Reader. The stream is winding its way throughout the Web and organizing it by nowness.

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