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Liberal Party Recommends Ratification of WIPO Internet Treaties

A week after the Liberal Party came out in favour of net neutrality, David Akin notes that Liberal members of the Standing Committee on Industry recently issued a dissenting recommendation focused on copyright reform.  The recommendation was part of a report on the Canadian economy.  While the committee as a […]

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June 29, 2009 7 comments News

Analysis of the Legality of Downloading in Canada

Slaw guest blogger Neil Melliship of Clark Wilson LLP canvasses the law to assess the legality of downloading music in Canada.

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June 29, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Brad Fox on Net Neutrality

Brad Fox, who is working with the CFTPA on its net neutrality submission, discusses the issue in this post.

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June 29, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Cross Country Checkup on Lawful Access

CBC's Cross Country Checkup has posted the podcast of the recent program that focused on Internet privacy and lawful access.  I appeared along with Public Safety Minister Peter van Loan.

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June 29, 2009 1 comment News

Elections Canada Pushing For E-Voting

The Chronicle Herald reports that Elections Canada is promoting the use of e-voting, which it believes could increase voter participation.

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June 27, 2009 21 comments News