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July 6, 2011 – OpenMedia.ca is announcing its boycott of the CRTC’s controversial hearing on over-the-top (OTT) content, which will determine whether online video services l…
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July 6, 2011 – OpenMedia.ca is announcing its boycott of the CRTC’s controversial hearing on over-the-top (OTT) content, which will determine whether online video services l…
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Steve Anderson – Founder and Executive Director of OpenMedia.ca, the citizen engagement organization behind the 490,000-strong Stop The Meter campaign, and co-author of …
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Stop Online Spying Coalition congratulates Angus and Sandhu for taking a stand against “Lawful Access” legislation
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Continue reading“The question is not whether abuse would occur, but how widespread such abuse would be,” say Angus and Sandhu in their letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, written in response to proposed online spying legislation (Lawful Access):
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Pro-Internet group calls “Lawful Access” legislation invasive, costly, and poorly thought out
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A petition to stop warrantless online spying
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Reilly Yeo – Reilly Yeo is the Managing Director of OpenMedia.ca and editor of the report Casting an Open Net: A Leading-Edge Approach to Canada’s Digital Future. …
The Globe And Mail’s Duncan Stewart finished his column today with this question: “Why are so many lobbyists arguing so strenuously in favour of policies that encourage us to use even more? What’s in it for them?”
I believe he’s talking about us, pro…
A lot has happened since the height of the Stop The Meter campaign: we went through an election, we saw the emergence of a pro-Internet community and pro-Internet candidates, the report Casting An Open Net was released, and more.
In that time, the fig…
Policy resolutions, including those related to Internet openness and accessibility, will be the hot topics at the Conservative Convention taking place next Friday June 10th. Delegates will speak to the policies that matter most to them in break-out sessions, and if sufficiently supported, will move onto the Plenary to be voted into CPC policy.
Continue readingThe CRTC opened a public consultation today about the way large incumbent Internet service providers (ISPs) sell network access to their independent competitors. The results of this consultation will help to inform the hearing on the highly controversi…
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