The Pirate Party of Canada has launched CaPT, a Creative Commons torrent tracker. The tracker appears to have attracted interest from several additional music labels.
News
In Defence of Foreign Telecom Players
Derek DeCloet in the Globe and Mail features a column calling for greater Canadian telecom consolidation and an end to foreign ownership restrictions.
OPC Publishes Comparative Report on Social Network Privacy Practices
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has posted a February 2009 study completed by Jennifer Barrigar that compares the privacy practices of six leading social network sites.
Industry Canada Responds: Copyright Consultation Submissions Are Coming
I spoke earlier today with an official at Industry Canada regarding the thousands of missing copyright consultation submissions. I was advised that there was a huge spike of submissions toward the very end of the consultation period. There were slightly over 8,100 submissions, a huge number in comparison with virtually […]
Where Are The Copyight Consultation Submissions?
For the past week, I've been receiving daily emails from Canadians asking if I know why their copyight consultation submission has not been posted. The website currently includes some submissions for every day the consultation was open (September 15th), yet there are thousands of submissions that are still not up. […]
Recent Posts
Why Bill C-2 Faces a Likely Constitutional Challenge By Placing Solicitor-Client Privilege at Risk 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 237: A Conversation with Jason Woywada of BCFIPA on Political Party Privacy and Bill C-4 
Lawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2’s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecy 
Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects 
“Big Brother Tactics”: Why Bill C-2’s New Warrantless Disclosure Demand Powers Extend Far Beyond Internet and Telecom Providers
