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Radio-Canada has pulled the web-TV series, Hard, from its Tou.tv website.
Combined, Bills C-30 and C11, threaten Canadians’ access to the open Internet. Together we’ve been building momentum against these Bills by sending Ottawa a clear message that such legislation will…
Columnist says the paradox of the CBC is that it must broadly appeal to all Canadians but it also must reflect smaller groups, be they regional, linguistic or otherwise grouped,…
Columnist says that while on balance the CBC has done an admirable job reflecting Canada and Canadians back to ourselves, it is the advent of multiplatform media that will help…
Instead of listening to you and the other 117,000 Canadians who demanded an end to the Online Spying bill, the government is going on the PR offensive with a one-two…
A cable deal for Netflix would increase its competition with HBO, but one analyst says it could be a sign of weakening subscriber trends.
Economists say government spending needs to be prioritized so that important areas are spared deep cuts while lower priority areas carry a greater burden of the spending reductions.
As the government tries to tell us not to worry about the online spying bill—they’re misleadingly indicating that they’re stepping back in order to wait out the outcry—Big Telecom is…
If successful, Yahoo could possibly broadcast the Games online, partner with a streaming video service such as Netflix, or license TV stations to broadcast the Games.
By Michael Geist Last week I wrote about the astonishing demands of the Canadian music industry as it seeks a massive overhaul of Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill. The…
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As if the threats of warrantless online spying and overly restrictive copyright rules weren’t enough, Canada is also lagging when it comes to the cost to communicate: cell phone prices…
By Rich Kulawiec for Techdirt There’s proposed legislation in the US (sponsored by Lamar Smith) and in Canada (sponsored by Vic Toews) and in the UK that uses various flimsy…
By Michael Geist for TheStar.com Privacy International, one of the world’s leading privacy organizations, last year released the results of a multi-year investigation into the shadowy world of the commercial…
Briefing note looks at examples of how cuts have already weakened CBC programming and how the trend is likely to continue if further cuts are imposed.
We’ve been putting most of our effort into stopping online spying lately, but it’s just one of a handful of threats to the Internet on the horizon. Another is what…
We’ve recently made significant headway in our Stop Online Spying campaign—Bill C-30 is finally getting the media coverage it deserves and Canadians are engaging both online and off in this…
A poll conducted by Angus Reid shows that, as Gurney puts it in the following article, “all the people the Tories need onside” are following the news on the online…
