Several readers have pointed to a blog posting at Wellington Financial that reports that Bell is planning to interfere with the GPS signal of late-model Blackberry units. Users will reportedly experience long delays in establishing a GPS connection when using free mapping applications like Google Maps. Bell offers a competing […]
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IBelieveinOpen.ca
I Believe in Open is a terrific new initiative that encourages voters and politicians to commit to five improvements in government transparency.
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The Canadian Ministers of Education, Canada have reaffirmed its support for an Internet exception under the Copyright Act, calling on all parties to support such an amendment in any future copyright bill.
New Zealand Copyright Reforms and Consultation
The Government of New Zealand has introduced legislation to amend the photographer commissioner rule (similar reforms were proposed in C-61). It has also launched a consultation on establishing a fair dealing exception for parody and satire, two exceptions that remain unaddressed in Canada.
Gone in 30 Seconds
The Department of Culture, which is fighting the Conservatives' culture cuts, has launched a YouTube contest called Gone in 30 Seconds.
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