Last week, the CRTC announced that the CBC will be given one more year to make the transition from analog television to digital television. Starting August 31st, the CRTC has mandated that broadcasters in 32 Canadian communities must shut down their an…
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OpenMedia.ca: The importance of Canada’s media economy
Editor’s note: This Policy Watch piece is a rare look at Canada’s media economy from the perspective of an academic researcher, rather than the usual commercial consultants. In this detailed entry, Winseck shows that media and the Internet—wired and …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The importance of Canada’s media economy
Editor’s note: This Policy Watch piece is a rare look at Canada’s media economy from the perspective of an academic researcher, rather than the usual commercial consultants. In this detailed entry, Winseck shows that media and the Internet—wired and …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC’s report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on the rise, and users are doing more and mo…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC: Canadians cutting cords, going wireless
According to the CRTC’s report Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, the rate at which Canadians are cutting cords and opting for wireless devices is on the rise, and users are doing more and mo…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ars Technica: Canada poised to say goodbye to online privacy & security
Privacy commissioners, academics, digital rights advocates, and former Conservative ministers have all voiced their concerns about Lawful Access. At the very least, oversight and caution must guide such sweeping, invasive changes to the current legal r…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Unsung Heroes of The Pro-Internet Movement
We want to take a moment to note some of the unsung heroes of the pro-Internet movement. OpenMedia.ca truly operates as a fluid network of collaborating organizations and people. This makes us efficient and effective—it’s why we can punch above our w…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Our submission to the UBB proceeding: A summary
We recently made our final submission to the CRTC’s usage-based billing (also known as “UBB” or “Internet Metering”) hearing, which was brought about because of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who raised their voices by way of the Stop The Meter…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Government Trust Broken? Breach of Abused Mother’s New Identity
After years of domestic abuse, there were high hopes for Jane Doe and her daughter to lead a normal life with new identities. With assistance from a secretive federal program, New Identities for Victims of Abuse (NIVA), they were finally given full sec…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Security-surveillance states trending abroad and at home
Momentum against the government’s online spying legislation continues to build. Here, Lawrence Martin places Lawful Access in socio-historical context, amidst the growing international trend of increased state security-surveillance measures. 9/11 has s…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: History Repeating: 130 years later and still stuck in "Telephonmania"
Interestingly, Arstechnica points to questions that were raised 130 years ago regarding the telephone industry and its implementation of metered billing. Sound familiar? Like those who protested in 1886, the pro-Internet community is striving to encour…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Cogeco Hikes Rates to Pay for Failed Investment
By Phillip Dampier of Stop the Cap
Cogeco Cable customers are about to pay for the company’s tragic financial results from its Portuguese operations in the form of broad-based price increases the company is selling as service “improvements.”
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OpenMedia.ca: Little Help for the Little Guys: Giving small business a fighting chance
Small business and entrepreneurial ventures are a top priority for the Canadian government. In fact, they’re so important that the government has decided to declare 2011 the Year of the Entrepreneur.
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OpenMedia.ca: Rogers LTE and 4G: Beyond Sales Puffery?
This blog post comes courtesy of Mike Fujimoto, PIAC’s summer student intern. I hope to add occasional pieces on the open internet from a telecom-regulatory-consumer-advocate perspective and not to make them too dull. Thanks. John Lawford, Counsel, …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Will Canada take advantage of the digital switch to surf the Super Wi-Fi wave?
Super fast and super strong, Super Wi-Fi (a name coined by the Federal Communications Commission in the US) is wireless high-speed Internet with long range capabilities. Though technologically brand-new, it’s estimated that many more applications will …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Mark: What the "lawful access" bill might mean for Canadian’s online security
By Alexander Ly and Adam Webb for The Mark
Canadian privacy online is about to be put at serious risk. As if internet malefactors and unruly privacy settings on major applications weren’t enough to dissuade Canadians from exercising their online libe…
OpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: What’s next for the Internet in Canada?
We’re planning our next steps. We’re trying to learn more about the actions you want to take to defend the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet. The Internet impacts every aspect of our lives, and we all deserve a say in its future.
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OpenMedia.ca: Coalition Members Talk Stop Online Spying on CBC Radio
Why is everybody freaking out about Lawful Access right now? Why is the “I’ve got nothing to hide” argument missing the point? And why are the experts (Privacy Commissioners, academics, and public interest organizations) so concerned?
Listen to Tamir …
OpenMedia.ca: Security risks of increased digital surveillance call for a closer look
As this CBC commentary from Dan Misener describes, despite its “unfortunate name,” the Conservative government’s “Lawful Access” legislation is anything but boring. Indeed, this invasive set of electronic surveillance bills present grave security risks…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Hasiuk: Conservative "Lawful Access" bills would bring about unprecedented online powers
By Mark Hasiuk for Vancouver Courier
Cyberspace. The final frontier.
Back in 2003, Barrett Lyon, a computer scientist from California, embarked on the most ambitious cartography project since David Thompson. Using computer graphics, Lyon mapped the Int…