Canada Revenue Agency is currently running a user-generated video contest that asks people to create videos on the cost of the underground economy.
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The CBC’s Terms of Use
InsidetheCBC focuses on the CBC's terms of use for submitting content, raising important questions about the breadth of the provisions (thanks Joe!).
Why Canada Needs More Flexible Fair Dealing
Several people have pointed to the excellent new report from the Center for Social Media on quoting copyrighted material in user-generated video. The report provides another illustration of why Canada needs more flexible fair dealing since some of the fair uses would not be applicable here. In other words, Canadians […]
IOC to Drop Athlete Blogging Ban
Earlier this month, I wrote about sports and the Internet, pointing to restrictions by the International Olympic Committee that blocked athletes from blogging under threat of disqualification. Peter Black provides word that that the IOC appears ready to change its policy and will now allow athletes to blog at the […]
Citizen Media: A Progress Report
Dan Gillmor provides a terrific review of the current state of citizen journalism (hat tip: Mark Hamilton).
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