Canadian Minister of Industry Jim Prentice refuses to be interviewed about the forthcoming Canadian DMCA that his Ministry will be bringing down. Last week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio show Search Engine solicited public suggestions for questions to put to the Minister about his copyright bill, but the show has been informed by the Minister's office the he will not schedule an interview with the show to defend the proposal. The Canadian DMCA follows the USA off the copyright cliff, instituting even more draconian provisions than were present in the USA's 1998 law. Since then, the US has seen the bankrupting-by-lawsuit of technology companies, lawsuits against tens of thousands of fans, a general trammeling of fair use and consumer rights (pity the poor schmucks who bought Microsoft "PlaysForSure"
Digg Labs shows us an interesting way to display the amount of data that they have to pound through each day. Do not watch this if you are tired. It is pretty mesmerizing.
Ebay sketches getting the boot, some of DC's ladies get a monthly, a popular French series makes its way to the US, Devil's Due makes some changes and much more in this week's LYING IN THE GUTTERS!