I'm several weeks late on this, but Canadian Heritage has released the 2005 Music Industry Profile. The most noteworthy data point comes in the introduction – Canadian artists have seen their sales increase since 2001. Sales of Canadian albums have increased from 6.8 million units in 2001 to 8.5 million […]
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The ISP Privacy Pledge
The ISP Privacy Pledge, an initiative from CIPPIC and Online Rights Canada, has generated some interesting debate this week. Mark Goldberg criticizes the pledge, arguing that it encourages ISPs to look the other way as part of police investigations, fails to address corporate abuses of personal information, and supports a "digital exemption" to laws and justice. I think that Alec Saunders does a great job of rebutting Goldberg's position by focusing on the potential for law enforcement abuse, but I wanted to add two additional comments.
30 Things You Can Do About DRM, UK Edition
The Open Rights Group creates a UK edition.
Net Neutrality in Norway
Net neutrality concerns are apparently not limited to North America. Norway's public broadcaster faced network neutrality issues this past summer after a leading ISP deliberately limited its bandwidth (hat tip – BoingBoing).