The Globe and Mail reports on Rogers Communications strong performance fueled by high data pricing in Canada.
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Private Member’s Bill Calls for CRTC To License ISPs
Liberal MP Karen Redman yesterday introduced Bill C-506, the Internet Child Pornography Prevention Act. The bill envisions a new licensing system for ISPs to be administered by the CRTC, with liability for knowingly permitting access to child pornography. The bill also empowers the government to order ISPs to block access […]
Bell Hit With Theft of Data on 3.4 Million Customers
Bell Canada has disclosed that it recovered data on 3.4 million customers after the information was stolen four weeks ago. Montreal police have arrested one person.
ISPs Face New Role in Network Control
My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, BBC version, homepage version) focuses on the failure of the DRM, content-locking strategy and the move toward locking down the Internet. I note that this approach envisions requiring Internet service providers to install filtering and content monitoring technologies within their networks. ISPs would then become private network police, actively monitoring for content that might infringe copyright and stopping it from reaching subscribers' computers.
The support for locking down the Internet revives an old debate – the appropriate role and responsibility of ISPs for the activities that take place on their networks.
ISP Safe Harbour Called Thieves Charter
Paul McGuinness, U2's manager, calls on ISPs to adopt content blocking systems and subscriber termination.
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