Archive for January 14th, 2008

National Post Calls for Format Shifting Exception

In a masthead editorial this morning, the National Post calls on the government to establish a format shifting exception that would allow Canadians to legally copy music from the CDs to their iPods, noting that "it is for Parliament to resolve this technological quandary, preferably by explicit recognition of the […]

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January 14, 2008 3 comments News

Why Is There No Canadian MIT?

Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 14, 2008 as Our Universities Could Learn Plenty from MIT In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty gathered to consider how they could use the Internet to advance knowledge and educate students around the world in science and technology.  The result […]

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January 14, 2008 2 comments Columns Archive