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Local School Boards Owe Thousands In Retroactive Access Copyright Fees

NewsDurhamRegion.com reports that local school boards face six-figure retroactive bills to Access Copyright following a recent Copyright Board of Canada decision. For the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, the retroactive bill amounts to $392,563. The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board was hit with a bill […]

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September 27, 2009 15 comments News

Pirate Party of Canada Launches Creative Commons Torrent Tracker

The Pirate Party of Canada has launched CaPT, a Creative Commons torrent tracker.  The tracker appears to have attracted interest from several additional music labels.

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September 27, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

In Defence of Foreign Telecom Players

Derek DeCloet in the Globe and Mail features a column calling for greater Canadian telecom consolidation and an end to foreign ownership restrictions.

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September 27, 2009 3 comments News

OPC Publishes Comparative Report on Social Network Privacy Practices

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has posted a February 2009 study completed by Jennifer Barrigar that compares the privacy practices of six leading social network sites.

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September 27, 2009 Comments are Disabled News

Industry Canada Responds: Copyright Consultation Submissions Are Coming

I spoke earlier today with an official at Industry Canada regarding the thousands of missing copyright consultation submissions.  I was advised that there was a huge spike of submissions toward the very end of the consultation period.  There were slightly over 8,100 submissions, a huge number in comparison with virtually […]

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September 25, 2009 7 comments News