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The CBC’s Next Great Way To Distribute Content

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 24, 2008 as CBC Prime Time Ready for BitTorrent Last night, the CBC aired the finale of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, a television program that attracted attention not only for its sizable audiences and the participation of several former Prime Ministers, but […]

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March 24, 2008 2 comments Columns Archive

CBC To Release Program DRM-Free Via BitTorrent

Sources indicate that the CBC is set to become the first major North American broadcaster to freely release one of its programs without DRM using BitTorrent.  This Sunday, CBC will air Canada Next Great Prime Minister.  The following day, it plans to freely release a high-resolution version via peer-to-peer networks […]

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March 18, 2008 40 comments News

Canadian Heritage Committee Report Raises Net Neutrality

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage released its much anticipated report on CBC and public broadcasting.  While the immediate attention is understandably on the funding-related recommendations, the report features several pages on network neutrality.  The Committee notes that: Network non-neutrality could have significant consequences for CBC/Radio-Canada since it is not […]

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February 28, 2008 2 comments News

Sounds Like Copyright

Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on CBC's Sounds Like Canada for an interview with host Shelagh Rogers. A podcast of the interview is available here.

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January 17, 2008 Comments are Disabled Stop CDMCA

Sounds Like Copyright

Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on CBC's Sounds Like Canada for an interview with host Shelagh Rogers. A podcast of the interview is available here.

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January 17, 2008 1 comment News