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Australia Leads, Canada Dithers in Spam Fight

While Canada dithers in dealing with spam, Australia continues to lead.  Australia has taken an aggressive anti-spam approach and has been rewarded by dropping from the ranks of the country’s most responsible for spam.  Canadian governments have done little to deal with the issue and we consistently find ourselves ranked […]

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March 28, 2006 5 comments News

Berners-Lee on Net Neutrality

Tyler Hamilton of the Toronto Star has an interview with Tim Berners-Lee in which the WWW founder expresses concern about a two-tier Internet.

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March 28, 2006 1 comment News

A Q & A With P2PNet

P2PNet has posted a Q & A with me that focuses, not surprisingly, on P2P, music, and copyright law.

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March 24, 2006 1 comment News

Shaw Sued Over Refusal To Carry VoIP Ad

Zingotel, a U.S.-based VoIP provider, has filed suit against Shaw over the cable company's refusal to carry advertising for a competing VoIP service.  Zingotel has reportedly also filed a complaint with the CRTC.

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March 24, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Copyrighting Science

I’ve been remiss in posting links to of my two recent works on copyright reform.  Last spring I wrote a report on copyright reform and scientific research for the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee.  The government has now posted Copyrighting Science: Canadian Copyright Reform and the Future of Scientific Research.  The […]

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March 24, 2006 Comments are Disabled News, Scholarship