Archive for October 24th, 2014

2015 “Devices in the Cloud - Technology” by Blue Coat Photos. (CC BY-SA 2.0). https://flic.kr/p/qFPWMf

ITWC: Michael Geist – Technicity Interview 

I briefly spoke with Brian Jackson, Association Editor of itbusiness.ca about cloud services and fear of surveillance of data by government(s). 

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About That Copyright Exception for Political Advertising. . .Never Mind

Earlier this month, a political storm hit in Canada when it was revealed that the government was considering including a new copyright exception for political advertising in its forthcoming omnibus budget bill. The reports sparked claims of fascism, censorship, expropriation, and more, yet as I argued, the commentary bore almost no relationship to reality. There were legitimate concerns about an exception made solely available to politicians and political parties as well as doubts about the need for such an exception given the breadth of the current fair dealing exception that already permits most uses of video clips.

Yesterday, the government tabled its omnibus budget bill, which contains changes to the Patent Act (to bring Canada into compliance with the Patent Law Treaty), effectively ban paper billing charges for telecom and broadcast services, and grant new enforcement powers to the CRTC. As for the copyright reform provision, perhaps the public outcry had an impact. It is nowhere to be found.

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