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.
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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 […]
Copyright and Canada’s Trade Agreements: Point of Disagreement Between the Parties?
The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Conservatives will announce their commitment to completing new trade agreements with the European Union and India at an event this morning in Halifax. The focus on the EU deal – CETA – is noteworthy because there may be a divide between the […]