Conference Board Admits Plagiarism, Pulls Copyright Report 60
An anonymous reader writes "The Conference Board of Canada has withdrawn
all three reports on intellectual property after allegations this week by Michael Geist of plagiarism. The organization now admits that its report on copyright was plagiarized from US copyright lobby groups."
Re:LMAO (Score:5, Interesting)
And pure irony on the part of the article!
I, for one, will mention this incident whenever the topic moves to copyright infringement. They lost the moral high ground too, now.
Re:Canada has a blacklist? (Score:5, Interesting)
Yeah, but due to the law of unintended consequences, Canada has incredibly liberal copyright laws thanks to earlier lobbying efforts by the music and movie industries.
Re:LMAO (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:LMAO (Score:5, Interesting)
It's not the first time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Copyright [wikipedia.org]
I love the double standard: when we do it, we're filthy thieving pirates, if they do it, it's "just an oversight".