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2010 is the new 1984
2010 is the year the UK passed the Digital Economy Act. (formerly #DEBill now #deACT on Twitter) It’s also the year that Canada may get a Canadian DMCA and I suspect it is also supposed to be the year...
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Celebrate Software Freedom Day
Saturday September 18th is All around the world people will be celebrating Software Freedom Day on Saturday. The idea is of course to both celebrate and raise awareness of Free Open Source Software...
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Talk Like A Pirate Day marred by DDoS Attacks
Avast mateys! Sunday September 19th was Talk Like A Pirate Day. It’s always the 19th of September. Kids (of all ages) around the world revel in a whole day in which they can “Talk Like A Pirate”....
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Arresting your customers isn’t the best PR
One of the great things about the Internet is accessible information. The point is that it is a network of interconnectivity… that’s why it’s called the INTERnet. Many people still don’t get this. So...
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Did ACTA pass?
The short answer is No. But that is not the same as saying they have given up. First, I want to offer a word of thanks to the brave anonymous souls who took the risks necessary to leak the ACTA Texts...
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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Highlights
by Sharon Polsky President and CEO — AM¡NAcorp.ca National Chair — CAPAPA ACTA is an international agreement hammered out by a handful of countries (led by the US, including Canada) that requires...
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The Hidden Rationale for Usage Based Billing
by Sharon Polsky President and CEO — AM¡NAcorp.ca National Chair — CAPAPA The recent discussion about Usage Based Billing being a ‘cash grab’ has generated much debate: Is a cash grab warranted? Should...
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Meet CISPA, Son of SOPA
The EU is fighting the secret ACTA trade agreement, while India seeks to pass an Internet Censorship law. Surprised? SOPA isn’t dead, just redesigned. Meet CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and...
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ACTA remix: What is the Trans Pacific Partnership ?
I’ve fought against ACTA for a long time in this very blog. Often it seemed futile, as much as anything because no one outside a very small group of people even knew it was happening. The secrecy was...
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Tell Vic Everything: Stop The ITU Internet Coup
Governments around the world are seeking to assume control of Internet Governance through the International Telegraph Union. Oh, wait, the organization changed its name to International...
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