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Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Three

The Copyright Consultation's twitter feed has indicated that the first consultation responses will be posted on Friday.  In the meantime, Frances Munn has provided an update on the discussion forum, which has now topped 500 comments in a matter of days.

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July 23, 2009 7 comments News

SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches: My New Site on the Copyright Consultation

The 2009 Copyright consultation has already attracted considerable interest with hundreds of comments posted on official discussion forum, two roundtables, and several hundred followers of the official consultation Twitter feed.  Yesterday I posted my short answer to the consultation and starting tomorrow I plan to begin a lengthy blog series […]

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July 23, 2009 4 comments News

Globalive vs. Telus on Canadian Wireless

The National Post runs competing op-eds from Globalive and Telus on Canadian wireless. Globalive's CEO asks "What’s contributing to Canada’s falling wireless rank? Canadians are being asked to pay more to get less."  Telus' Michael Hennessy focuses on the last spectrum auction, saying it "resulted in an overpayment of approximately […]

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July 23, 2009 5 comments News

Victoria Times-Colonist: “Web Users Deserve Honesty”

The Victoria Times-Colonist features a masthead editorial that begins "if Canada's Internet providers want to keep federal regulators from tightening the rules on their lucrative industry, they could start by being honest with their customers about the quality of their service."

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July 23, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Calgary Copyright Roundtable Participants

Sources advise that the following groups attended yesterday's copyright consultation roundtable: Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Library Association, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Shaw, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Publishers Council, Digital Alberta, University of Calgary Student's Union.  The audio of the roundtable should be posted later this week.

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July 22, 2009 Comments are Disabled News