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Hill Times on the Broadcast Treaty

The Hill Times has a good article on Canadian lobbying over the proposed WIPO Broadcast Treaty.

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April 23, 2007 1 comment News

NY Times on Monetizing P2P

The New York Times looks at firms trying to develop ad-based P2P models, with news that Nettwerk is seeding songs with ads in P2P networks.

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April 23, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Canadian E-Commerce Market Hits $50 Billion

Statistics Canada has released its annual review of e-commerce sales in Canada. It reports that sales surged by 40 percent last year, hitting the $50 billion mark. The review provides a reminder about the importance of B2B sales and considers whether Canadian firms are becoming more innovative in their approaches […]

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April 20, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Australian Court Issues Fair Dealing Ruling

Interesting report this morning from Australia where a court has ruled that showing two minute clips of rugby highlights within a news report qualifies as fair dealing.

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April 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Conservative MP Introduces ‘Clean Internet Act’

Conservative MP Joy Smith yesterday introduced the Clean Internet Act (Bill C-427).  The private member's bill would establish an Internet service provider licensing system to be administered by the CRTC along with "know your subscriber" requirements and content blocking powers.  Just about everything associated with this bill is (to be […]

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April 19, 2007 47 comments News