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The GNU Affero General Public License and "DRM"

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Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:55 AM by Russell McOrmond

The GNU Affero General Public License and "DRM"

There is an all too familiar dynamic in conversations about copyright. If you disagree with a proposed solution to a problem, such as the unintended consequences that it can have, then the proponents presume it is because you disagree that there is a...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 10:10 AM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Unintended consequences

Use UN day to reflect on mis-interpretations of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations Day was proclaimed in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It is held annually on 24 October, the anniversary of the coming into force of the UN Charter on 24 October 1945. 2008 is also the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration...

Published Thu, Oct 23 2008 12:10 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Wipo

VIDEO: Users discuss their print strategies at An Event for Change

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Published Tue, Oct 21 2008 4:17 PM by Jennifer Kavur

VIDEO: Users discuss their print strategies at An Event for Change

After a series of lectures and discussions on environmental sustainability at WBM Office System’s Event for Change in Saskatoon, we sat down with two WBM clients who shared their print optimization stories. Print optimization can lead to savings around...

Published Tue, Oct 21 2008 4:10 PM by Jennifer Kavur

Filed under: Print optimization, Saskatoon, International road dynamics

Federal Government Secure Channel boondoggle finally being made visible

An article by Kathryn May of The Ottawa Citizen exposes the "Secure Channel" boondoggle. This is the same project that was mentioned in the 2003 Auditor Generals' report (Chapter 1—Information Technology: Government On-Line, The Secure Channel project...

Published Mon, Oct 20 2008 11:10 AM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Documentation, Secure channel

Welcoming new MPs to a historically consistent Digital Copyright

After the Tuesday election I read how parliament didn't change much. A few parties lost seats, and some gained. When authoring a tool to automatically scrape a list of winning candidates I found something interesting. If I asked for the MP Information...

Published Fri, Oct 17 2008 2:10 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Audiences, Entertainment industry

Political parties and the Private Copying regime

The Canadian Private Copying collective has sent out a press release ( PDF from CPCC , covered by FYI music ) where they asked the Bloc, Liberal, Conservative, Green and NDP their position on the Private Copying Regime. While the Conservatives did not...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 12:10 PM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Private copying, Private copying regime

Technology law suggests that conservatives shouldn't vote Conservative

The Conservative party has released their platform . Various online forums are filled with people who might otherwise vote Conservative, but that are not doing so based on technology law which was tabled in the last parliament and promised to be re-introduced...

Published Wed, Oct 08 2008 1:10 PM by Rusell McOrmond

On October 1’st I was invited by the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group ( WPIRG ) and the Waterloo Students for the Information Commons ( WSIC ) to the University of Waterloo to give a talk on Copyright and Bill C-61 . The outline for this...

Published Mon, Oct 06 2008 11:10 AM by Rusell McOrmond

Filed under: Candidates