Canadian Copyright Consultation Submissions Keep Rolling In
There’s no shortage of opinion on the copyright debate in the consultation. In fact, if you are able to keep up reading all of the submissions at this point, you’d probably deserve a medal. Fortunately, there are a few able to keep up with the mountains of suggestions, ideas and proposals and one, [...]
Is P2P Losing Its Cool In Canada?
There was some recent comments being made at the CRTC hearing by BitTorrent that suggests that p2p user has been going down. Michael Geist discussed the point suggesting that this is further evidence to deflate the myth that Canada is a piracy haven. While this is definitely true, BitTorrents comments also seems to [...]
Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online
The first round table on the copyright consultation has concluded and its subsequent transcript was posted online. There was plenty being said including scepticism over the existence of crown copyright and blanket banning of circumvention activities. There also seemed to be a couple of themes including how creators are, at some point, consumers [...]
Canada’s Copyright Consultation Has Many Talking
It’s been quite a first few days for the copyright consultation. For some, copyright seems like an obscure and boring subject, but for those familiar with technology, it’s more than likely a huge political battle ground. Many Canadians might even be re-discovering that while positions might vary on the sensitive subject, most Canadians [...]
Canadian Copyright Consultation Launches
The last time Canadians were consulted on copyright related issues was clear back in July of 2001. Back then, by todays standards, file-sharing was still establishing itself, iTunes was two years away from opening, the iPod was three months away from being released for the first time and DRM was practically unheard of in [...]
Exclusive: Canadian Pirate Party Responds to Green Party
We already reported on the Green Party of Canada saying that we don’t need a Pirate Party of Canada because Canada has the Green Party. This was in response to word that the Pirate Party of Canada was forming in Canada. We’ve now gotten a response from the Pirate Party of Canada about [...]
We Don’t Need a Canadian Pirate Party – Green Party Leader
There was an interesting interview with Green Party Elizabeth May about Canada forming its own Pirate Party. Right off the bat, she concluded that Canada doesn’t need a Pirate Party because Canada has the Green Party. Before you think that this is an attack on digital rights, she explains that Canada needs a [...]
BNN Refutes Copyright Censorship Accusations
Late last month, accusations emerged that BNN, a Canadian broadcaster, was actively censoring the copyright debate through copyright means. A spokesperson today contacted ZeroPaid to deny these allegations saying that the accusations are “inaccurate and falsely accusing BNN”.
A user uploaded several clips of the copyright debate that took place on BNN. BNN then [...]
