Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 21, 2011 as Can Canadian Broadcasters Compete With Free? Earlier this month, Bell and Quebecor, two giants in the Canadian broadcasting and telecom landscape, became embroiled in a dispute over Sun News Network, the recently launched all-news network. At first glance, the dispute […]
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The Real Cost of Free
Cory Doctorow has an absolute must-read essay in the Guardian on the issue of “free.”

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Episode 275: David Loukidelis on Why Stripping Privacy Enforcement from Canada’s Privacy Commissioner in Bill C-36 is Unnecessarily Risky Policy
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