While CRIA regularly trumpets commissioned studies as evidence for the problems posed by P2P, this week it released a major study without any fanfare whatsoever. Conducted by Pollara last month, the study serves as part of CRIA's submission to the CRTC's Commercial Radio Review. What makes this particular study interesting […]
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CIRA’s Public Letter to ICANN
Late this afternoon, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, which manages the dot-ca domain, issued an important public letter to ICANN. As a CIRA board member for the past five years, I'm particularly proud of this letter as the organization has publicly called on ICANN to follow accountable, transparent, and fair […]
Commercial Radio Review Comments Roll In
Rob Hyndman has a great posting on the CRTC’s Commercial Radio Review. With more than a hundred groups and individuals commenting so far (the overwhelming majority of which are not posted online, at least for now), I get the sense that the May hearings will be pure theatre with each […]
Government and Tech, Cont’d
Earlier this week, I wrote an article on the role of government and Internet connectivity. The NY Times runs a pair of stories today on the South Korean experience with active government involvement in technology. With the country a world leader in cellphone technology and people able to watch reasonable […]
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