Rusell McOrmond

Articles by Rusell McOrmond

Security in transparency and accountability: Linux kernel root exploit

One of the common things you will hear me say is that the most interesting aspects of software can only be understood when using...

Does software piracy disclose a ‘generation divide’, and is this a problem?

A recent ITBusiness article by Warren Lee commented on the perception that younger people tend to place less value on “intellectual property” than older...

Can virtualization help with bigger problems like climate change?

Listening to some recent talks, I noticed what seems like a conflict. Interviewed for CBC's Spark, Nicholas Carr (full interview) says we are...

Technical Protection Measures (TPMs) and Educational Use of the Internet

One of the most common themes you will see in the Copyright debate is different people using the same terminology to mean entirely different...

The needs of professional writers, and why their current proposals will backfire.

I am not a professional writer. I’m not paid for the blogging that I do on this or other sites, and in fact I...

Analyzing when copyright levies are a good idea, and when they are a very bad idea.

Many people in the IT sector have a strong opinion about the levy on blank media such as CDs that go to the various...

Copyright lobby to IT sector: It’s all your fault! In some cases it is.

While copyright holders already have the legal tools to sue people in Canada infringing copyright, statements made by a relatively large number of organizations...

Copyright protesters got Industry Minister Jim Prentice’s attention: now what?

The week of December 10, just prior to parliament going on winter recess, a bill entitled “An Act to amend the Copyright Act” was...

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