Yesterday's Speech from the Throne matched expectations as the focus was unsurprisingly on the Conservatives' five priorities. There were, however, several noteworthy inclusions and omissions. While there was no specific mention of copyright and the WIPO Treaties, Howard rightly points out that speech did say that "significant treaties will be […]
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CIHR Open to Open Access
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one of the three main federal research funding agencies, has just announced that it plans to pursue a new open access policy for funded research. Notes the CIHR: "The aim is to establish a policy that will both help researchers gain access to the […]
Hart House Lecture URLs
I've received many requests for a list of the websites included in my Hart House Lecture last week. The lecture itself should be available in webcast and podcast formats shortly (along with a PDF of the text), but in the meantime, the URLs for the sites I discussed are:
The Hour on iTunes in France
I recently appeared on CBC's The Hour to discuss the move by the French government to legislate interoperability for Apple iTunes. The segment from March 22nd is available here.
Beyond Google
The Department of Justice’s subpoena of Google search data generated considerable attention last month with a judge ultimately ordering disclosure of only a fraction of what the U.S. government initally demanded. At the time, the coverage noted that Google was not the only target with similar requests to AOL, Microsoft, […]
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