On the heels of last week’s discussion over LSAT fingerprinting, Alberta Privacy Commissioner has released a lengthy report on the privacy implications of data outsourcing by public bodies. The report recommends ensuring that a public body has a template or check list in place to ensure that an outsource provider […]
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A Fourth Wireless Carrier?
The Globe and Mail is reporting that the Telecom Policy Review panel may recommend creating a fourth wireless carrier in order to stimulate competition. Not surprisingly, the established players say it is completely unnecessary. Number portability would be another way to stimulate competition as would greater attention to the broadband […]
TTC: Talk To Counsel?
The TTC stands for the Toronto Transit Commission but Talk To Counsel might be more appropriate after it sent a cease and desist letter to a blogger who posted an anagram version of the transit map. As Rob Hyndman says "Incomprehensible. Just incomprehensible."
New Look
With credit to Rob Hyndman’s terrific blog for the inspiration, I’ve redesigned MichaelGeist.ca to do a better job with standards compliance and to allow for shorter takes and easier navigation. Please bear with the inevitable bugs. Feedback welcome.
Class Dismissed?
In 2003, CRIA and others associated with the music industry launched a high profile "education" campaign on music and copyright. Titled Keep Music Coming, the campaign centered around a website at keepmusiccoming.com, supported by national advertising and inserts in CDs (archive.org version).
Today I received an email from someone who just purchased a CD which included an insert directing him to the campaign site. He was surprised to find that keepmusiccoming.com is no longer maintained by the industry as it has become a pay-per-click advertising site. The domain lapsed earlier this week with no indication whether this was a domain name registration error or if the campaign has been abandoned. Either way, music is still coming nearly three years after the campaign launch as a growing number of labels and artists want to respect their fans, not "educate" them.
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