Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., EMI Music Canada Inc., Universal Music Canada Inc. and Warner Music Canada Co. have agreed to pay songwriters and music publishers $47.5 million in damages for copyright infringement and overdue royalties to settle a class action lawsuit.

## In this issue
* Free Software Supporter exclusive: WBUR is streaming Ogg Vorbis!
* DBD Action Alert - Libraries: Eliminate DRM!
* Get DeltaH, gNewSense 2.0
* Get your next machine with gNewSense
* Silicon Mechanics to ship servers with free BIOS preinstalled
* Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? by Richard M. Stallman
* End Software Patents: the Bilski hearing, heard.

"The Globe and Mail has put C-61, a bill to reform Canadian copyright law, on a wiki for editing..."

"The Canadian government has set up an online public consultation process to revise its copyright policy, running until September 13, 2009. If you live in Canada, now is your chance to take back your copyright law..."

Canada has its public statement announcing its OOXML vote and why it voted Disapprove with Comments

The Canadian government’s affirmation for copyright reform in this month’s throne speech could have implications on technological innovation as well as the open source community, according to industry activists.

Will democratizing sustainable housing be enough to change Canada? It’s too early to tell, but there’s a start. Open source can make sustainable designs available.

RMS: «The US and EU and Canada want border guards to check everyone's laptops for unauthorized copies. They are trying to impose this nasty law through a treaty, secretly negotiated, so as to bypass democracy.

The prohibition of sharing can only be enforced with draconian cruelty. This shows that prohibiting sharing is wrong.

The Government of Canada has angered those who believe that a proposed copyright law threatens the country's open source business model.