Verizon Wireless has announced that it plans to open its network next year, offering consumers the ability to use any product and any application that meets certain technical standards. A huge development that highlights how fast this market is changing and how far behind Canada will fall unless there are […]
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The Legal Battle over QuebecTorrent
While Demonoid has attracted much of the attention, it is the legal battle over QuebecTorrent that is the real story. QuebecTorrent is a BitTorrent tracker that facilitates links to content, both authorized and unauthorized. It does not host any of the content. The site is facing a legal fight on […]
Canada’s Copyright law is Stronger and Better than U.S.’s
Howard Knopf has two must-read posts: a copy of his exceptional Hill Times op-ed enumerating why Canadian copyright law is stronger than that found in the U.S. and a nice rebuttal to the 12 copyright lobbyists – he labels them the dire dozen – who penned a response to my […]
Universal Music CEO on Technology
Doug Morris: "There's no one in the record industry that's a technologist. That's a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn't. They just didn't know what to do. It's like if you were suddenly asked to operate on your dog to remove his […]
SOCAN Releases Tariff 22 Rates
SOCAN has published its requested Tariff 22 rates dating back to 1996. There are several judicial review notices that have already been filed over the recent Copyright Board of Canada decision, so this tariff is still a long way from completion.
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