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The most expensive copyright insurance policy in Canadian history
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
April 22, 3012
The new fees are likely to be passed along to students, who will ultimately bear the burden of the copyright arrangement with higher tuitions… Universities already pay millions of dollars for these licenses with the money flowing to database companies, publishers, and authors… it defines copying as including “posting a link or hyperlink to a digital copy”, yet linking to content can hardly be described as copying materials. Moreover, the licence comes packed with onerous restrictions such as blocking the ability to store articles in online services.
Tags: ideology, rights, standard of living, youth
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Lawful Access Signals Canada Is Open to ‘Big Brother Inc.’
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
28 Feb 2012
Most of the attention on the recent introduction of Internet surveillance legislation has focused on the mandatory disclosure of Internet and telephone subscriber information without court oversight. But just as troubling is the plan to create a massive new surveillance infrastructure within the Canadian Internet. Bill C-30 requires Internet providers to acquire the ability to engage in multiple simultaneous interceptions and gives law enforcement the power to audit their surveillance capabilities… In addition to the surveillance requirements, the bill would also give the government the power to install its own equipment directly onto private Internet provider networks.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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Supreme Court stands up for the Internet
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Oct 23 2011
The issue before the court was whether links to content should be viewed as republication of that content for the purposes of defamation law… The plaintiff argued that linking to the offending content should be enough to hold both the original poster and the linker liable. The Supreme Court unanimously disagreed, upholding a B.C. Court of Appeal decision dismissing the lawsuit. The majority of the Supreme Court supported reasons from Justice Rosalie Abella, who concluded “a hyperlink, by itself, should never be seen as ‘publication’ of the content to which it refers.”
Tags: ideology, rights, standard of living
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Canadian universities switch to tech savvy course alternatives
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Jul 23 2011
Starting in September, thousands of Canadian students and faculty members will shift from Access Copyright to open and alternative access, relying on more flexible arrangements that will increase reliance on electronic course content and freely available materials that can be used without restriction. The change will suffer from some growing pains, but represents a major step toward better leveraging technology within the education system.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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