Anonymous posts are not anonymous
Ontario Court Orders Website To Disclose Identity of Anonymous Posters With stories from Michael Geist and Tech Dirt Anonymity of posters on websites is one of those sacred rights on the Internet...
View ArticleCRIA to end peer to peer sharing with DMCA
Canadian copyright is headed in the wrong direction Michael Geist, Thursday April 09, 2009 As the Canadian government considers its next move on copyright reform, it would appear that the Canadian...
View ArticleConference Board of Canada admits plagiarism, recalls “expert” reports
Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 29 2009 with story from Michael Geist The prestigious Conference Board of Canada has recalled three expert opinion reports on...
View ArticleRecord labels in Canada face $6 billion in penalties
Labels failed to pay artists and face a dose of their own lawsuit medicine A class action lawsuit in Canada could cost EMI, Warner Music, Sony Music and Universal Music as much as $6 billion in unpaid...
View ArticleRecord store gets fined for bootleg CD but industry won’t pay artists
Clean up your own act CRIA before you send in the RCMP Updated December 19th, 2009 to correct Ottawa Citizen coverage. The big headline in the Ottawa Citizen is Record story owner pleads guilty to...
View ArticleA huffy Canada shuts down ‘Yes Men’
Harper has a hissy fit over environmental parody and shuts down 4,500 innocent websites in Germany By Joel Connolly, Seattlepi.com Stung by a satire at the Copenhagen climate conference, Canada’s...
View ArticleCanadian Copyright Bill: Flawed But Fixable
Fair Dealing and Digital Locks will make Canada’s new copyright law a restriction of personal freedom and will only help big US interests By Michael Geist This afternoon, the government introduced the...
View ArticleDear Minister James Moore 10 Million Reasons to Break Locks
There are more than 10 million people who have jail broken their iPhones – soon they will be jailed in Canada The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, is about...
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