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OpenMedia.ca To Launch Stop the Meter Day of Action

OpenMedia.ca is holding a national Stop the Meter Day of Action on Saturday, February 26th.  Details at their site.

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February 24, 2011 Comments are Disabled News

Debating the Scope of the CRTC’s UBB Review

Mark Goldberg provides a helpful post with links to many submissions on the proposed scope of the CRTC’s usage based billing review.

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February 23, 2011 5 comments News

Documentary Organization of Canada on C-32’s Digital Lock Rules: Denies Our Freedom of Speech

The Documentary Organization of Canada appeared before the C-32 committee last week and gave a strong presentation on the need for anti-circumvention exception for fair dealing, noting that the current approach raises free speech concerns: The intersection of fair dealing and documentary production has been at the heart of DOC’s […]

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February 23, 2011 11 comments News

IMSLP Faces Renewed Pressure From European Publishers

IMSLP, the International Music Score Library Project, is back in the news as the NY Times covers its popularity and pressure from some music score publishers. The site attracted significant attention in 2007 when it received takedown threats from some European publishers.  Note that contrary to the NY Times characterization […]

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February 22, 2011 1 comment News

Globe Calls for Opening Telecom Foreign Investment

The Globe and Mail has a masthead editorial calling on the government to drop foreign investment restrictions on telecommunications.

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February 22, 2011 1 comment News