Heather Morrison reports that NSERC, one of the three major federal granting councils, is likely to adopt open access requirements by March 2009.
Articles by: Michael Geist
RuinediPhone.com
There is a ton of media attention on the petition at ruinediphone.com, which has collected nearly 20,000 signatures since its launch several days ago. The Rogers pricing and data caps for the iPhone make it very difficult to use the device as a true networked device with full video and […]
An ACTRA Member Speaks Out on C-61
An absolute must-read post on C-61 from Jason Chesworth, an ACTRA member who laments "how can ACTRA continue to bash our collective heads against the brick wall of government (censorship, arts funding) and keep coming up empty-handed, AND THEN – hand copyright and intellectual property control over to the very […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 6: Time Shifting Provision Excludes Internet-Only Recording
In one of several examples of how Bill C-61 takes a very short-sighted view of technology and the Internet, the new time shifting provision explicitly excludes Internet-based transmissions (unless communicated simultaneously via radio or television). With a growing number of Internet-only broadcasters, this time-shifting provision fails to keep pace with […]
CIRA Creates Backdoor to Domain Name Information
Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 30, 2008 as CIRA's 'whois' Policy a Stunning Setback for Privacy Two months ago, I wrote a glowing review of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's new "whois" policy that was supposed to better protect the privacy of hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The […]
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