Another day, another study showing Canada is a leading source of spam. This time, it's a Cisco study that finds that on a per capita basis, Canada is single largest source of spam among the top 16 countries surveyed worldwide. The study says that Canada is the fourth largest source […]
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ObamaCTO Crowdsources Priorities
This may come as old news to some, but a new site (unaffiliated with the Obama transition team), is asking the public to identify their top issues for the new Obama Chief Technology Officer. The top three issues so far: net neutrality, privacy, and repealing the DMCA.
Court of Appeal Upholds Web Defamation Decision
The Globe and Mail reports that the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a $40,000 defamation award arising from Internet postings.
CRTC Submissions Set the Course For New Media Hearings
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) reprises last week's post on the submissions to the CRTC as part of the new media hearing. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission new media hearings are not scheduled to begin until mid-February, yet they have already attracted more than their fair share of controversy. With talk of imposing a tax on Internet service providers to fund Canadian content or the imposition new licensing and Canadian content requirements, the outcome could dramatically reshape the Internet in Canada.
Precedent Magazine on the Canadian Copyfight
Precedent, a Canadian legal publication, features a cover story on the Canadian copyfight.
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