Rudy Jahchan of Galacticast provides a creative take on the fight against the Canadian DMCA.
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The National Post on Liberating Music
The National Post runs a lead editorial applauding the move away from DRM in the music industry that now includes the Warner Music Group. The editorial concludes that: In this digital age when consumers continually add to and update existing formats for playing music, record companies that sell DRM-free music […]
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So says Mike Doherty of the National Post.
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Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
byMichael Geist

August 10, 2026
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Denial, Hate, and Silence: The Three Responses to Overwhelming Evidence of Canada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisis
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
Canada’s Campus Antisemitism Crisis: National Survey Finds Antisemitism Nearly Everywhere and University Responses Nowhere
Why the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms’ Own Rules
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