A U.S. citizen has filed a lawsuit against a Canadian ISP that shared his personal information with the Thai government. Anthony Chai posted anonymous comments criticizing the royal family and now faces up to 15 years in prison for the comments.
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Elections Canada Probing Online Elections, Again
Elections Canada has announced that it plans to trial online voting systems sometime in the next few years. I’ve written about some of the concerns with online voting in the past (here and here). Christopher Parsons posts an excellent look at why Elections Canada “cannot secure an online electoral process.”
Artists in Conversation with Copyright
Artists Legal Outreach is holding a series of events in Vancouver early next month on copyright and artists. Details here.
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 […]
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