The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), which includes companies such as IBM, Nokia, Oracle, Opera, and Red Hat, has issued a new position paper expressing concern about ACTA.
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BSA’s Latest Study on Piracy and Economic Benefits “Shockingly Misleading”
This week the Business Software Alliance published a new study which purports to estimate the economic gain from a ten percent reduction in piracy of business software. For Canada, the BSA claims that the reduction would create over 6,000 new jobs and generate billions in GDP and tax revenue. Given […]
The Digital TV Transition – A Spark Interview
I participated in an interview on the Canadian digital tv transition together with Bill St. Arnaud for CBC’s Spark. The full podcast interview is available here.
ACTA Negotiations – Start September 23rd, No Firm End Date
Open Rights Group met with UK officials on ACTA this week and reports that negotiations on the next round will begin next week in Tokyo. Officials say that the negotiations will begin on September 23rd and that the U.S. hopes to keep talking until a deal is done.