With Canada's national privacy legislation slated to take full effect on Jan. 1, 2004, most privacy watchers anticipated that 2003 would be an eventful year. Led by Ontario, some provinces were expected to introduce their own privacy legislation.
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‘Big Music’ Set to Declare War on its Audience
Many online music fans reflect on July 26, 2000, as the day the music almost died. On that day a U.S. court ruled that Napster, the file-sharing phenomenon that took the world by storm, was engaged in copyright infringement and should be shut down. While the service survived for nearly 18 months longer, that initial decision clearly marked the beginning of the end for Napster.
Have-Not World More Plugged-In That We Think
Concerns over the widening technology gap between the world's haves and have nots — frequently referred to as the digital divide — have attracted increasing attention from government and technology companies.
High Court Tackles Web Lottery; Online Music to Come
While the public's attention has understandably been occupied with other events, the Canadian Supreme Court has recently been active on the technology law front.
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