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Copyright Battle in Canada

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Corey @ June 13th, 2008 - No Comments

Yesterday, the Canadian Conservative party tabled bill C-61, which is basically a Canadian version of the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act. This is NOT a piece of legislation that is representative of the wishes of the people of Canada or one that should be made law. As a Canadian citizen, you can help stop this [...]

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Bell, BitTorrent, and Net Neutrality

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Corey @ May 23rd, 2008 - No Comments

By now, you’ve probably heard something of the network neutrality debate. To sum it up, until a few months ago the flow of data on the internet was unrestricted and free. Then companies like Bell and Rogers realized that they could save money be restricting the flow of information over their networks. Both those companies [...]

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Musings on the TTC Strike

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Corey @ April 27th, 2008 - No Comments

As many likely already know, the TTC went on strike at midnight on Friday night, contradicting their previous promise to provide the public with 48 hours notice of any strike. According to interviews The Globe and Mail conducted with members of the TTC union, the new contract (which included a 3% per year wage increase [...]

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