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• 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)

• The State of Parliamentary Digitization

  Slaw notes to a Parliamentary working paper on the state of digitization of parliamentary publications. Jul.10/09Comments (0)

• Alberta Health Services Hit With Privacy Breach

  CBC reports that the personal health information of thousands of Albertans was skimmed from the Alberta Health Services Edmonton network in May as a computer virus infected the network. Alberta Health Services has sent letters to the 11,582 people whose information may have been captured by the virus between May 14 and May 29. Jul.09/09Comments (4)

• ACTRA Speaks Out For Net Neutrality

  ACTRA appeared before the CRTC today on net neutrality and has issued a press release urging the Commission to enshrine a principle of net neutrality.
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