The International Telecommunications Union yesterday released its Measuring the Information Society 2011 report, which benchmarks information society developments worldwide. The centrepiece of the report is the ICT Development Index, which tracks 11 different indicators focused on access, use, and skills (the eleven indicators are: fixed telephone line subscriptions, mobile subscriptions, […]
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Digital Issues Largely Missing From Ontario Election Campaign
The Liberal platform references the importance of jobs in the technology and media sectors, but offers little else on the digital economy. The Progressive Conservatives are the only party to make a commitment to open government – their platform follows developments in many other jurisdictions that pledge to make government data more readily available for public use – but other digital issues are ignored. The NDP makes no reference to digital policies at all.
The federal government tends to lead on digital policies, though its much-anticipated digital economy strategy is months overdue. Yet for constitutional reasons that grant the provinces jurisdiction over property and civil rights, many important issues fall to the provinces.
BC Court Rules Rogers’ Zoocasa Real Estate Site Infringed Copyright, Breached Terms of Use
The decision includes many important findings on online contracts, trespass, and copyright. The court canvasses the law of online contracts and concludes that website terms of use can be enforceable. In this particular case, Century 21’s terms prohibited copying or scraping its content. By doing so, Zoocasa breached the contract. The court awarded $1,000 in damages for the breach. Note that the court even finds that continuing to link to the Century 21 site (a practice prohibited by Century 21 once it provides notice) was a breach of the contract.
Rogers Admits It May Be Throttling Online Games
CBC.ca provides a detailed look at the ongoing battle between Rogers and the Canadian Gamers Organization with Rogers admitting to the CRTC that it may be throttling other games besides World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Rogers Applies to Establish a Bank
Rogers Communications has filed an application under the Bank Act to establish a bank to be known as Rogers Bank, primarily focused on credit, payment and charge card services.
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