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Telemarketers Raise Fears About Do-Not-Call List

The telemarketing community is raising unsubstantiated fears about the prospect of hackers registering thousands of phone numbers of people who otherwise want to receive telemarketing calls.  It seems to me that it is more likely that millions of Canadians will knowlingly race to list their phone numbers, only to find […]

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March 19, 2008 11 comments News

Ryerson Reverses on Facebook Expulsion

Outcome of the hearing here.

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March 19, 2008 2 comments News

SAC Defends Its Proposal

Eddie Schwartz, the president of the Songwriters Association of Canada, responds to the recent National Post editorial criticizing the organization's proposal to fully legalize file sharing with a counterpoint editorial. 

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March 19, 2008 5 comments News

CBC To Release Program DRM-Free Via BitTorrent

Sources indicate that the CBC is set to become the first major North American broadcaster to freely release one of its programs without DRM using BitTorrent.  This Sunday, CBC will air Canada Next Great Prime Minister.  The following day, it plans to freely release a high-resolution version via peer-to-peer networks […]

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March 18, 2008 40 comments News

Statscan Reports Canadian Music Industry Maintains Profitability

Statscan reports this morning that Canada's sound recording and music publishing industries maintained their profitability in 2006, though at a declining rate.  Revenues declined for the sound recording industry, yet the industry remained profitable at 9.5 percent (down from 13.1 percent in 2005).  The report importantly notes that Canadian firms […]

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March 18, 2008 Comments are Disabled News