Must Reads

• National Post Podcast on Net Neutrality

  I participated in debate with Bell's Jonathan Daniels on net neutrality for the National Post Full Comment podcast. Jul.16/09Comments (1)

• Groups Call on U.S. Government To Drop Internet From ACTA

  A coalition of leading library, civil rights, and technology companies have written to the U.S. government to urge it to drop the Internet provisions from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  With talks set to resume this week, Jamie Love reports that Canada has produced another secret document, Japan has developed an updated full ACTA draft, and that U.S. favours release of the draft this fall, though this is opposed by the European Union. Jul.16/09Comments (0)

• No Place for State in our Hard Drives?

  Just ahead of the copyright consultation, Kris Kotarski writes an op-ed for the Calgary Herald focusing on intrusive copyright laws. Jul.16/09Comments (0)

• New Zealand Releases Consultation on Revised Three Strikes Proposal

  The New Zealand government has posted a public consultation on its revamped three strikes copyright proposal.  Creative Freedom NZ provides a quick take. Jul.13/09Comments (0)

• Canada Shedding Reputation as Illegal Camcording Haven

  CP reports on declining numbers of illegal camcords being traced to Canada with some claiming that it is a result of new anti-camcording legislation. Jul.13/09Comments (1)

• UK Report Says Users Shifting From P2P To Streaming

  A UK report says that file sharing is dropping among teenagers as many switch to streaming services such as YouTube and Spotify. Jul.13/09Comments (0)

• Opposition MPs Call on CRTC To Name DNCL Violators

  Liberal and NDP MPs are calling on the CRTC to name names by disclosing the identities of the companies fined under the do-not-call list.  The CRTC refuses to name the names if the companies pay the applicable fine. Jul.13/09Comments (4)

• CBC on the Throttled Fundraiser For Sick Kids

  CBC reports on Brad Fox's appearance before the CRTC this week, when he described how Bell throttled an online fundraiser in November 2008 when it was mistaken for P2P traffic.

  Update: Brad Fox provides further details on the couchathon and the traffic shaping.
  

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• G8 Pushes Ahead With ACTA Negotiations

  IP Watch reports on the role of intellectual property at the G8 meeting, including the commitment to push ahead with Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations. Full IP report here. Jul.10/09Comments (2)

• Disclosed.ca Aggregates Canadian Government Contracts

  VisibleGovernment.ca points to Disclosed.ca, a site that aggregates thousands of completed government contracts into a single search engine. Jul.10/09Comments (1)