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Canada’s Election: A Review of the Green Party Platform on Digital Issues

We have finished reviewing all the parties that were elected in office last session. The digital issues of all those parties were interesting, even if they were surprisingly disappointing. ...

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Canada’s Election: A Review of the NDP Platform on Digital Issues

Our election coverage is continuing with the final party that held seats in parliament in the last session, the NDP. Just like the other parties, we are focusing on ...


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Canada’s Election: A Review of the Bloc Platform on Digital Issues

We continue our platform election review on the Bloc Québécois party platform. As always, we are focusing specifically on copyright and privacy related issues. We've already reviewed the ...

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Canada’s Election: A Review of the Liberal Platform on Digital Issues

We've already reviewed the Conservative Party's platform on digital issues. Now we are reviewing the Liberal Party of Canada's platform on digital issues. Canada is in the midst ...

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Canada’s Election: A Review of the Conservative Platform on Digital Issues

Recently, Canada was called in to an election. Now that all the political parties are on the campaign trail, what are they promising to those who watch the copyright ...


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School Porn Filter Defeated by Third Grade Students

Net filtering has been brought up a lot in recent months. But how effective are different kinds of filtering technology? As one school found out the hard ...

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New Zealand Passes Three Strikes Law

Is merely accusing someone of a copyright transgression enough proof to convict someone of copyright infringement? As far as New Zealand is concerned, it apparently is thanks to a ...

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French Minister Uses Non-Existent Benefits to Sell LOPPSI 2 Legislation

LOPPSI 2, the surveillance legislation in France, has been making headlines recently given that the legislation has re-entered political debate in recent weeks. The Interior Minister reportedly was out ...

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Exclusive: MegaUpload Issues Response to RIAA Over Mastercard Cutoff

Yesterday, we reported on the RIAAs efforts to get Mastercard to cut off payments to MegaUpload. Today, we have received an exclusive response from MegaUpload on this ...

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Copyright Infringement Litigation Campaign Now Sees Senator Candidate As Latest Victim

News and commentary often go hand in hand. That's not untrue when it comes to political news. Proving not only that large litigation campaigns aren't just for file-sharers ...

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ACTA Leaks Again – Our Review of the August 2010 Copy

While the US is doing everything they can to block transparency of the text, the draft text has, once again, been leaked. We reviewed the text and are commenting ...

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Major Coalition Pushes to Legalize File-Sharing in Brazilian Copyright Consultation

Brazil is wrapping up a consultation and it is apparently going out wit a bang. A coalition of 28 academic, educational, consumer, musical and digital cultural organizations have called ...

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French ISPs and French Government Locking Horns Over HADOPI Costs

There's a major battle brewing between the French government and the French ISPs. A line is being drawn and it's about the money. While this was foreseeable thanks ...

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HADOPI – Three Strikes Letters ‘Imminent’

After all the problems with the famed French three strikes, Security General for HADOPI, Eric Walter, has publicly commented that the letters are coming out imminently. It was during an online ...

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ACTA Officials Firm on September Completion Time

Earlier this month, we noted that officials working within ACTA are saying that September is when the negotiations will be finalized. Another report has surfaced that seems ...

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Exclusive: Creative Commons Monitoring Czech Copyright Developments

Last Thursday, we broke the story that the Czech government was drafting a copyright bill that would legally gut the usability of Creative Commons. Since then, we've ...

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Czech Gov’t Drafting Copyright Bill to Legally Gut Creative Commons, Chop Creators Royalties By Nearly Half

If you ever thought that no one would ever actually legally attack Creative Commons and, if they did, you'd hear about it, consider this the article you "hear about it". ...

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How Much Could an American Three Strikes Law Cost?

Not too long ago, we reported that, if government comments and documents are correct, HADOPI could cost around $64 Million USD. Ever since I published that, I ...

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French Government and ISPs Negotiating Who Foots Approx. $64 Million USD a Year HADOPI Bill

When it comes to enforcing a three strikes law, one of the more immediate things that don't come to mind is how expensive it could be to enforce. For ...

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New Zealand Three Strikes Law Debate Heats Up

The Law Society and lawyer Clive Elliott have come out to support a three strikes law saying that the punishment is no different than a driving penalty and that a ...

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