The 2009 Copyright consultation has already attracted considerable interest with hundreds of comments posted on official discussion forum, two roundtables, and several hundred followers of the official consultation Twitter feed. Yesterday I posted my short answer to the consultation and starting tomorrow I plan to begin a lengthy blog series […]
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Globalive vs. Telus on Canadian Wireless
The National Post runs competing op-eds from Globalive and Telus on Canadian wireless. Globalive's CEO asks "What’s contributing to Canada’s falling wireless rank? Canadians are being asked to pay more to get less." Telus' Michael Hennessy focuses on the last spectrum auction, saying it "resulted in an overpayment of approximately […]
Victoria Times-Colonist: “Web Users Deserve Honesty”
The Victoria Times-Colonist features a masthead editorial that begins "if Canada's Internet providers want to keep federal regulators from tightening the rules on their lucrative industry, they could start by being honest with their customers about the quality of their service."
Calgary Copyright Roundtable Participants
Sources advise that the following groups attended yesterday's copyright consultation roundtable: Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Library Association, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Shaw, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Publishers Council, Digital Alberta, University of Calgary Student's Union. The audio of the roundtable should be posted later this week.
Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum
While the government has yet to post submissions to the copyright consultation, the online discussion forum has been active. University of Ottawa law student Frances Munn will be tracking the discussion and providing regular updates. Her first report, current to the morning of July 22nd and grouped into the five questions, is posted below (note that the number of responses is cumulative).
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