There are some reports that Videotron has begun to throttle P2P traffic. Comments based on personal experiences welcome. Update: Commenters indicate that this is false and that Videotron denies throttling activities.
Archive for August, 2008
Made Worse in Canada – The Video Version
A recent entrant in the C-61 in 61 Seconds competition.
Reports Indicate Telus Cancelling “Unlimited” Contracts
Several people have written to say that Telus has begun to exercise a clause in their consumer contracts cancelling "unlimited" data plans for those consumers that are viewed as heavy bandwidth users. More here and here.
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 45: Making Available Right and Actual Distribution
Bill C-61 unsurprisingly includes a new "making available" provision that grants performers and sound recording makers the exclusive right to make their works available. Two provisions establish the making available right in the bill (similar rights are already granted to authors and composers). Section 15 (1.1)(d) provides that a performer's […]
Dion Promises to Revise C-61?
Liberal MP Garth Turner held a huge town-hall meeting with Stephane Dion on Wednesday night that included a question and answer session with several dozen bloggers. Reports indicate that copyright was one of the issues raised with Dion promising to revise C-61 to strike a better balance between consumers and […]
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law 
Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
