This morning brings an interesting article from the CBC about swim lessons. According to the article – and the Safe Kids Canada organization – swim lessons alone will not save your kids from drowning.
My first reaction to this article was “DUH!!!!”. Having worked as a lifeguard – and the application of [...]
DRM Restricts rights of fair
use and fair dealing.
May 3rd, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Copyright, Digital Life, Entertainment, Policy
In talking about my most recent postings about DRM, the DMCA, and their effects on intellectual property I started to consider why the MPAA and RIAA are so determined to force these kind of restrictions upon consumers.
The argument most often put forward by those organizations is that they need to protect the intellectual property of [...]
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May 2nd, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Copyright, Digital Rights, Entertainment, Policy, Politics, Security
Quietly over night, a revolt happened. It was not on the morning news, it was not covered by CNN, and no shots were fired, but it happened. In the over night hours Digg.com (a popular user submitted news site) received a torrent of postings about one thing and one thing only.
The thing they [...]
Puretracks fails again
May 1st, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Digital Life, Digital Rights, Entertainment, Privacy
I have previously blogged about Purtracks.com a Canadian online music store that does not support Apples Macintosh computers. Well their saga of being closely tied to the windows platform and not meeting customers needs continues on.
I recently attended the local theater to catch a flick where I was given a promotion card for 3 [...]
What happened to Davids video?
May 1st, 2007 by Christopher Mercer in Copyright, Digital Rights, Politics
Some times in the world of copyright and intellectual property you come across something so ridiculous, something so irrational, that you are just left gasping wondering “what were they thinking”.
I went through this when I read a recent story about CTV journalist David Akin who was notified that a video he posted to Googles YouTube [...]
