Appeared in the Hill Times on November 12, 2007 as Politics Trumps Policy As Copyright Bill Approaches The annual Canadian Music Week celebration in Toronto is still several months away, but last week Ottawa staged its own version of the event. Two federal departments – Statistics Canada and Industry Canada […]
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Opening Up to Canada’s Innovation Potential
Appeared in the Hill Times on November 5, 2007 as Opening Up to Canada's Innovation Potential Last month's Speech from the Throne committed to “support Canadian researchers and innovators in developing new ideas and bringing them to the marketplace through Canada's Science and Technology Strategy.” While prioritizing innovation and research […]
How the Internet On Cable Became the Internet as Cable
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 5, 2007 as Broadcasters, ISPs Putting Up Internet Borders When Rogers Communications began promoting its Rogers@Home high-speed Internet service nearly a decade ago, the company branded it "the Internet on Cable." Years later, their service, as well as those of their competitors, is […]
Music Publisher’s Takedown Strikes The Wrong Chord
Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 29, 2007 as Music Takedown Strikes The Wrong Chord In February 2006, a part-time Canadian music student established a modest, non-commercial website that used collaborative wiki tools, such as those used by Wikipedia, to create an online library of public domain musical scores. […]
The Telecom Takeover of Canada’s Do-Not-Call List
Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 22, 2007 as Do-Not-Call List Process a Farce The news over the summer that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission was at long last moving forward with a national do-not-call list generated a sigh of relief from millions of Canadians fed up with […]
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