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Canada should not bow to the RIAA/MPAA - 13 Feb 2008
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the only individuals who will benefit from a Canadianized version of the DCMA will be organizations who hold the copy rights on their various products. In particular, the CRIA – the Canadian branch of the Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] lobby group – and the MPAA, that […]
Read Full Post »Copyright Reform sees opposition from Facebook groups - 13 Jan 2008
Well the Christmas season has come and gone. Like many people, our parliamentarians are back to the grindstone in just a few weeks, and while most of us have been working at our respective jobs since the start of the year, our MP’s have been preparing for what will be the next round in […]
Read Full Post »Open up the Canadian wireless networks! - 06 Dec 2007
AT&T has announced that as of today it would start allowing any phone, device, or software from any maker on its network. That is right, as of today the third major wireless carrier in the US has opened their network to allow customers to use what they want on their networks.
For years […]
What? No Crown Copyright? - 27 Nov 2007
The copyright front has been quiet recently. There have been rumors for several months now that the minority power government of Stephen Harper will be introducing a copyright reform bill to the Canadian Parliament any week now. Although this particular rumor was rampant near the end of the last session of Parliament as […]
Read Full Post »09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 - 02 May 2007
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 […]
What happened to Davids video? - 01 May 2007
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 […]
Bad bulbs to be gone by 2012 - 25 Apr 2007
It is not being covered on the news today, especially in the local media, but the federal government announced today that the sale of “inefficient” bulbs will be banned by 2012. That is a 4 year and 8 months period before you will be unable to buy incandescent bulbs or other forms of energy-inefficient […]
Read Full Post »Some times an election is a good thing! - 07 Dec 2005
Well if you have been watching recent event’s in Canada lately you know there is a federal election currently underway. While I do not really want to get in to the particulars of the who, when, where and why this election is happening only 17 months after the last I will offer a very […]
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