Archive for December, 2009

Rogers Sues Bell Over Ad Claims

Facing an advertising lawsuit of its own, Rogers has filed suit against Bell over its wireless advertising claims.  Rogers notes that Bell has virtually no customers on its new network and cannot substantiate reliability claims.

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December 2, 2009 2 comments News

Global ACTA Coverage Picks Up Again

The global coverage of ACTA picked up again this week with the leak of the European analysis of the Internet chapter.  New coverage includes: CBC (Canada) – Canadian copyright law to trump ACTA, Clement says Spiegel Online (Germany) Heise Online (Germany) Netties.be (Belgium) Punto Informatico (Italy) Numerama (France) ZDNet.co.uk (UK)

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December 2, 2009 6 comments News

ECPA (C-27) Passes House of Commons, Moves to Senate

The Electronic Commerce Protection Act, Canada's anti-spam bill (Bill C-27) passed through the House of Commons yesterday as a motion to support sending the bill to the Senate received approval.  The bill received all-party support but will undoubtedly face an intense lobbying campaign at the Senate.  Copyright lobbyists, real estate […]

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December 1, 2009 5 comments News

CMAJ To Drop Open Access In January

The Canadian Medical Association Journal has announced that it will cease being an open access journal beginning in January 2010 with plans to restrict some content to subscribers. Canadian medical researchers who wish to publish in an open access journal can still publish in Open Medicine, a peer-reviewed, independent open […]

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December 1, 2009 1 comment News

ACTA Leak Generates Wide Coverage

The latest ACTA leak generated a new round of press coverage, with articles from AOL Daily Finance and Wired.  Meanwhile, European ISPs are expressing their concern with ACTA.

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December 1, 2009 4 comments News