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Entries from October 2009

CRTC Issues Net Neutrality Decision

October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

The CRTC has issued their net neutrality decision. Personally, I’m a little dissapointed in the ruling. Michael Geist points out a couple of areas to feel good about the ruling, but I tend to agree with this quote given to the CBC by Public Interest Advisory Committee legal counsel John Lawford: “It approves all of […]

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Tags: A series of tubes · media ramblings

CRTC Lobbies for Expanded Consumer Copyright Protection

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Interesting story c/o Michael Geist that the CRTC filing to the Copyright consultation pretty much asks for the same private copyright concessions I think are a good idea for producers, primarily: time shifting format shifting personal backup Interesting read.

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Tags: copyright reform

Jeremy Hotz beat me to the joke!

October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Jeremy Hotz totally stole my joke this evening. Well, “beat me to the punch(line)” is more accurate. While accepting the Canadian Comedy Award for best male stand-up – he quipped something along the lines of: “Oh great, not winning a Canadian Comedy Award was all that kept me going. Not having one of these was […]

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