The Creative Commons blog notes that Nine Inch Nail's Ghosts I-IV – which was freely available under a CC license – was the best selling MP3 album on Amazon in 2008.
News
200,000 Pirated DVDs Seized From Toronto Malls
The Toronto Star reports that police seized more than 200,000 illegal DVDs in three GTA malls in a series of raids that began in October.
Is Throttling Necessary?
CBC's Search Engine has a great podcast that tries to answer the question that will dominate the CRTC's net neutrality hearing – is throttlng actually necessary?
Fired Via Facebook
The Calgary Herald reports that a spa worker was fired via Facebook after failing to show up for a staff meeting. The termination notice arrived in a private Facebook inbox.
Public Domain Day 2009
Wallace McLean offers his annual public domain day list of authors whose work entered into the public domain in Canada on January 1st.