While it took DFAIT until April 2008 to launch a public consultation on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, according to documents I recently obtained under the Access to Information Act, there was an internal discussion paper on the treaty as early as January 2007, months before the first public announcement […]
Archive for April, 2008
CBC Covers Net Neutrality Developments
CBC.ca continues its great coverage of the net neutrality issue with stories on the open letter by Charlie Angus and the Vuze report on Cogeco.
Net Neutrality Comes to Corner Brook
The Western Star (Corner Brook, Newfoundland) features an editorial on keeping the net neutral.
European Commission Conducts Survey on IP Enforcement
The European Commission is conducting a USTR Special 301-like survey on IP enforcement in non-EU countries. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2008.
Vuze Study Points To P2P Interference From Cogeco
While Bell and Rogers have attracted much of the Canadian net neutrality attention in recent weeks, a study conducted Vuze, an online video site that uses the BitTorrent protocol, has placed another Canadian provider – Cogeco – in the spotlight. To better track ISP network management techniques, Vuze created a […]
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