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Beware of Surveillance By Design

The video from Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian’s excellent forum on lawful access is now available. Well worth watching.

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February 1, 2012 1 comment News

CRTC Releases Net Neutrality Complaints Data

The CRTC yesterday released new net neutrality complaints data. The data shows a significant increase in the number of complaints in the last quarter of 2011 when compared with the prior two years. I wrote about the complaints issue in July 2011 based on data obtained under the Access to […]

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February 1, 2012 1 comment News

European Opposition to ACTA Continues to Mount

European opposition to ACTA continues to mount with Poland’s culture minister admitting that it may not be approved by the Polish parliament and the Slovenian ambassador to Japan apologizing for signing ACTA last week.

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February 1, 2012 1 comment News

Distributel to Offer Unlimited Plans

Distributel, another leading independent ISP, has announced that it plans to offer unlimited plans to customers in Quebec as a consequence of the CRTC capacity based billing decision.

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February 1, 2012 2 comments News

Ten Key Questions and Answers About Bill C-11, SOPA, ACTA, and the TPP

In recent days there has been massive new interest in Canadian copyright reform as thousands of people write to their MPs to express concern about the prospect of adding SOPA-style rules to Bill C-11 (there are even plans for public protests beginning to emerge). The interest has resulted in some completely unacceptable threats and confusion – some claiming that the Canadian bill will be passed within 14 days (not true) and others stating that proposed SOPA-style changes are nothing more than technical changes to the bill (also not true).  Even the mainstream media is getting into the mix, with the Financial Post’s Terrance Corcoran offering his “expert” legal opinion that CRIA’s lawyers are likely to lose their lawsuit against isoHunt. 

Given the importance of Canadians speaking out accurately on Bill C-11, ACTA, and the TPP, I’ve posted ten key questions and answers to sort through the claims. The first eight questions address the links between Bill C-11 and SOPA as well as proposed changes to the current copyright law. The final two question focus on ACTA and the TPP.

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January 31, 2012 20 comments News