Ongoing committee thoughts, and an RMR
I’m clearly not Rick Mercer, but I did my own Russell McOrmond Rant videos yesterday as part of my thoughts about meeting 10 of the Bill C-11 special legislative committee.…
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Geist: Proposed changes to Copyright Bill C-11 by party
By Michael Geist The Bill C-11 committee has just opened the clause-by-clause review of the copyright bill with 39 amendments on the table: 8 from the goverment, 17 from the…
ITBusiness: Canadian Music Publishers Association pushes for SOPA-like provisions
From ITBusiness: The Canadian Music Publishers Association wants provisions akin to the United States’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) included in Canada’s proposed copyright act Bill C-11, according to an…
Debunking Bill C-11: Why Canadians should be concerned
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been away for a while. Sorry about that for those of you who missed me. Let’s just say that I learned the…
CTV: New Digital Lock Rule, New Restrictions for Canadians
Check out this coverage of digital locks, and the rules in Copyright Bill C-11 that may make Canada the country with the most restrictive digital lock provisions in the world.…
Digital Action Team update: We’ve come this far…
The Digital Action Team is a community of people committed to taking regular actions to safeguard the open and affordable Internet. OpenMedia.ca sends this community special updates, reports and actions.…
Key Report Highlights Strategies to Fix “Broken Cell Phone Market”
openmedia_logo.jpg Groups OpenMedia.ca, CIPPIC, and PIAC release comprehensive report, as Industry Canada prepares rules for wireless infrastructure auction March 8, 2012 – Adding to the pressure of a 63,000+ signature…
National Post: Jesse Kline on current threats to Internet freedom – The statists strike back
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…
Audio: Jesse Brown talks to Russell McOrmond about digital locks and the copyright bill
Russell McOrmond is a private citizen who’s been attending the Committee meetings for the controversial Copyright Amendment Act (Bill C-11). In the coming days, amendments to the bill will be…
If we don’t keep up the charge, Canada will continue to fall behind
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…
The CRTC Writes Back: Rogers Must Stop P2P Throttling
It’s a true coming-of-age story. A year after reluctantly revisiting and then comprising on Usage Based Billing (UBB), the CRTC has taken to proactive measures in dealing with the misconduct…
OpenMedia.ca Supports Call to Stop Internet Price Hike
openmedia_logo.jpg 500,000-strong group behind Stop The Meter campaign supports a reexamination of the costing in the usage-based billing decision March 2, 2012 – Today a group of independent ISPs, the…
CRTC Finds More Noncompliance on Rogers
The CRTC has found more noncompliance of net neutrality policy on Rogers but is failing to act. Instead it’s providing Rogers with a case by case basis to ensure it…
Stop The Cap: Bell holds rural Canada for ransom
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…