Post Tagged with: "quebec"

Quebec Court Says No to eBay’s Online Contract

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 30, 2013 as Quebec Court Says No To eBay’s Online Contract Few things are more common on the Internet than the lengthy, largely incomprehensible, online contracts that are often buried at the bottom of web pages with a simple link to “terms”. These […]

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April 3, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Quebec Author Association Joins Lawsuit Against U.S. Universities

The Union des ecrivaines et des ecrivains quebecois has joined several author groups in filing a lawsuit against several U.S. universities for digitizing orphan works (books out of print and the author cannot be located).

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September 14, 2011 Comments are Disabled News

Quebec Broke Law in Buying Microsoft Software

The CBC reports that Quebec's government broke the law by buying software from Microsoft without considering offers from other vendors, the province's Superior Court has ruled.

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June 7, 2010 3 comments News

Quebec Groups Concerned Over Future of Private Copying Levy

Radio Canada reports that Quebec groups are concerned about Conservative support for dropping the private copying levy.

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November 10, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Quebec Group Sues Provincial Government for Failing to Consider Open Source Alternatives

FACIL, a Quebec-based open source software advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against the Quebec government for failing to consider open source software alternatives.  FACIL argues in its filing [unofficial English translation] that the government spends millions on proprietary software without objectively evaluating open source alternatives that could enhance the […]

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August 28, 2008 15 comments News