Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 19, 2009 as Canadian Universities Closed Minded on Open Access This week is International Open Access Week with universities around the world taking stock of the emergence of open access as a critical part of research and innovation. The basic principle behind open […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Divide Among Liberals Over Anti-Spam Bill?
Media coverage over the weekend suggested a possible split among Liberal MPs over Bill C-27, the anti-spam bill. Canwest's coverage noted that the Liberal MPs have tabled motions designed to water down the bill. I blogged last week about motions promoted by copyright lobby groups such as the music and […]
UK All Party Parliamentary Communications Group on Copyright
The UK All Party Parliamentary Communications Group (apComms) is an independent group of MPs and Lords, from all political parties. Its take on copyright: We conclude that much of the problem with illegal sharing of copyrighted material has been caused by the rightsholders, and the music industry in particular, being […]
CRTC’s Net Neutrality Decision Coming This Week
The CRTC has announced that it will release its net neutrality decision this week.
National Television Coverage on Broadband
Both Global and CBC's The National covered the state of Canadian broadband in their national news late last week.
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