Howard Knopf reports that the NY Times has sent a cease and desist letter to a Canadian who wrote a short script that cracks its newly-erected paywall. The letter oddly focuses on trademark concerns associated with the name of the script – NYTClean.
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Canadian Election Attracts Attention in India…Over Copyright
The Canadian election has attracted some attention from the media in India for a surprising reason. A Delhi-born, Canadian award-winning film maker claims that the Conservative Party has infringed his copyright by using an image from one of his films without permission.
Liberals First Out With Their Digital Economy Strategy
The Liberals have released their election platform and included within the section on the economy is the outline of a digital economy strategy. The platform focuses on three key areas for the global economy, identifying the digital environment as one of the three. While the digital economy platform still requires […]
Usage Based Billing and Network Congestion: Sorting Through The Claims
Myths and Fallacies About Usage Based Billing
Bill St. Arnaud has posted a paper on usage based billing that challenges some of the frequently made claims on UBB. St. Arnaud notes that the paper demonstrates three important facts: Internet video streaming services actually reduce costs for Internet backbone networks operated by telephone and cable companies, even as […]