The Guardian's Music Blog takes a closer look at Spotify, which is popular with the public, promoted by groups like CRIA as examples of what Canada is missing, and yet pays virtually nothing to artists.
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CARTT Reports on New Canadian DTH Company
CARTT.ca reports on the creation of a new Canadian satellite company that plans to offer hundreds of HD channels.
Odd Letter-to-the-Editor of the Day
Conservative Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb. The good: encourages constituents to participate in the copyright consultation. The bad: sticks to the C-61 talking points as doesn't seem to realize that the bill was introduced in June 2008, not 2009 (and died on the order paper last September).
Time Expires for Facebook Privacy Compliance
Canwest reports that the clock has run out on Facebook complying with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's privacy finding. The Commissioner now has two weeks to go to court to obtain an order requiring compliance. Update: Facebook is reportedly ready to file a plan to address the Commissioner's issues by […]
CFHSS Issues Call for Copyright Action
The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) has issued a Call for Action on the current copyright consultation. The CFHSS, which made up of 69 scholarly associations, 75 universities and colleges and 7 affiliates, as well as more than 50,000 scholars, students and practitioners across Canada, focuses […]
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