When you download music or text from the web, you may be innocently breaking the law. Jim Lebans, a producer with CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, looks at the tangled world of intellectual property and how the digital age is challenging ideas about who owns our culture.
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CBC Radio - Who Owns Ideas?
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CBC Radio - Who Owns Ideas?
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CBC Radio - Who Owns Ideas?
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CBC Radio - Who Owns Ideas?
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This week’s Tech City talk is about intellectual property and copyright in a digital age. How do we balance between the competing needs of the creative industry: to protect themselves, but stay open enough to ensure continued innovation?
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