Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 11, 2009 as MPs Miss Chance To Embrace YouTube Generation In the spring of 2007, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the well-known broadcasting advocacy group, began to post videos and podcasts of Parliamentary committee proceedings on their website. When officials at the House of […]
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RCMP Arrest Five Men For Pirated DVD Sales
The Toronto Star reports that the RCMP have arrested five men in connection with pirated DVD sales in the notorious Pacific Mall. Each face the possibility of jail time or up to a million dollars in liability.
Do-Not-Call List Backfires
The Times & Transcript covers the problems with the National Do-Not-Call list.
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Open Access News reports that the University of Calgary Library has adopted an open access mandate.
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The Globe and Mail has launched an ambitious and exciting five-part series called the Download Decade. Part one focuses on Napster with further segments planned over the next two weeks on business models, copyright laws, and more. There are lots of older articles (including one of mine), podcasts and video […]
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