What the Future Holds: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Affordability and transparency in the aftermath of the StopTheMeter.ca campaign
It’s been over a year and a half since we at OpenMedia.ca launched the StopTheMeter.ca campaign. After the CRTC decided to allow Big Telecom to impose usage-based billing—Internet metering—on their…
Ars Technica: Big Media trying to bring U.S.-style anti-piracy efforts to Canada
It’s no secret that the Big Media lobby has been pushing for an Internet lockdown, with excessive restrictions on the way we use our own electronic services. Big Media has…
Canada’s next great CRTC chair
Canada has a new CRTC chair: Jean Pierre Blais. The appointment will take effect on June 18. We were hoping to publish this blog post before the decision was made,…
Globe and Mail: Competition Breaks Up Big Telecom Monopoly in Canada’s North
People in rural areas in Canada sometimes face some of the worst telecom service in the world. But as this article illustrates we’re beginning to break the stranglehold of big…
Geist: Copyright bill "What ifs?"
As the final House of Commons vote on controversial copyright bill C-11 approaches, law professor Michael Geist asks some questions to highlight what the new law could have been if…
CBC Market Place: Rogers raises fees at will, despite contract
Canadians pay some of the highest cell phone fees in the industrialized world, and we’re often left to fend for ourselves when Big Telecom is suspected of wrongdoing. As the…
CBC: Koodo allows mentally disabled youth to incur $8000 in "premium" text fees
This video provides a great example of why we need strong, citizen-centric rules to protect cell phone users (including people with disabilities). read more
See that blur? It’s the Copyright Modernization Act flying through Parliament
The controversial Copyright Modernization Act, Bill C-11, has shot through Parliament—its Introduction and First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, and recently-completed Report Stage all took place in only a few…