Yesterday Canada's largest ISPs, including Bell, Bell Aliant, MTS Allstream, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Telus, and Videotron, announced the launch of Project Cleanfeed Canada in partnership with cybertip.ca. The project will allow the ISPs to block access to hundreds of child pornography sites. The list of sites will be generated by […]
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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has issued another decision against a Canadian man for postings on two websites. The case arises from a complaint launched by Richard Warman. The tribunal issued a $7,500 penalty.
DRM is Dead
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