Reuters reports that Spain has followed the Finnish lead by codifying a legal right to broadband. All citizens will have the right to buy at least 1 MB at a regulated price.
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Kindle Coming To Canada, But Who Provides the Wireless?
There are multiple reports this morning that Amazon is finally selling the Kindle in Canada. The device comes with wireless downloads, which suggests that a deal has been struck with a Canadian carrier. But which one?
U.N. Censors Internet Censorship Poster At IGF
The BBC reports on how the United Nations removed a poster promoting a book on Internet censorship by the University of Toronto's Open Net Initiative at the Internet Governance Forum currently underway in Egypt.
CopyrightWatch.org Launches
The EFF has launched CopyrightWatch.org, a new site that collects and monitors copyright laws from around the world.
CTV & Canwest Ask CRTC To Order Blocking Of U.S. Programs
The CRTC kicks off two weeks of hearings next week that place the spotlight on the fee-for-carriage fight. Last night, I participated in an interesting debate on the issue on TVO's The Agenda called A Pox On Both Their Houses: Cable and TV. The program is embedded below. One issue […]
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