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Digital Advocacy Talk at Mesh

While there are great liveblogs and media coverage of my talk on digital advocacy at the Mesh Conference, I've posted a synced version of the presentation and an MP3 recording of the talk.  The talk owes a lot to Ethan Zuckerman's exceptional presentation on the same subject at the ETech […]

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May 23, 2008 4 comments News

Net Neutrality Rally on Parliament Hill

A reminder that there will be a net neutrality rally on Parliament Hill on May 27th.  Details (including transportation information) at the site.

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May 23, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

CCER Issues Position on Copyright Reform

The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has issued its position on Canadian copyright reform.

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May 23, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Music at Mesh

Music was a big focus of day one of the Mesh Conference with a keynote from Ethan Kaplan and a panel that included CRIA's Graham Henderson, David Usher, and Arts & Crafts Kieran Roy.  Interestingly, the word "copyright" was never mentioned.  The Kaplan keynote (liveblog here) focused on the value […]

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May 21, 2008 3 comments News

Bell Launches On-Demand Video Service

When Bell's throttling practices came to light earlier this year, I wrote the following in an assessing the competition concerns: The major ISPs claim that throttling is needed to ensure better quality of service to all customers, yet it also has a significant effect on the video marketplace.  Cable and […]

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May 21, 2008 23 comments News