Artists Legal Outreach is holding a series of events in Vancouver early next month on copyright and artists. Details here.
News
CRTC Asks Rogers to Probe Online Game Throttling Complaints
The CRTC has asked Rogers to probe complaints from an online gaming group about throttling of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The complaint follows multiple complaints about Rogers throttling of World of Warcraft.
Government Launches Consultation on White Spaces
Industry Canada has launched a public consultation on “a Policy and Technical Framework for the Use of Non Broadcasting Applications in the Television Broadcasting Bands Below 698 MHz.” In plainer language, the consultation focuses on the important issue of licence-exempt white spaces, spectrum that can be freely used by anyone […]
Industry Minister Paradis Holds Closed Door Meetings With Telcos on Spectrum, Foreign Ownership
Bloomberg and the Wire Report are both reporting that Industry Minister Christian Paradis held meetings over the past two weeks with 13 of Canada’s largest telcos, including Bell, Telus, Rogers, Shaw, and others. The full list of meetings supplied by Paradis’ office to the Wire Report: Aug. 16 Cogeco Cable […]
Gamers Launch Complaint About Online Traffic Throttling
The Canadian Gamers Organization has filed a complaint with the CRTC over Rogers throttling practices. Rogers has responded by arguing it is compliant with the law.
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