Rumours tonight indicate that the government has again decided to delay introducing the Canadian DMCA. With the House of Commons off next week and the budget coming the following week, if this is true it would appear that there will be no copyright legislation for at least another month (assuming […]
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bcbcpositionpaper
BCBC position paper with list.pdf
Harvard Faculty Adopts Open Access Requirement
Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has adopted a policy that requires faculty members to allow the university to make their scholarly articles available free online, making it the first U.S. university to do so (hat tip: Mathew Ingram).
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Bell Canada has disclosed that it recovered data on 3.4 million customers after the information was stolen four weeks ago. Montreal police have arrested one person.
Net Neutrality Picks Up Steam in the U.S.
The WSJ reports on how net neutrality is gaining momentum in the U.S. on the heels of the Comcast traffic shaping and network interference practices.
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