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Canadian DMCA delayed, for now

by Mathew on December 13, 2007 · Comments

According to from Michael Geist — who Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing loves to call “the copyfightin’ prof” — a proposed update to Canada’s copyright law that he and many others fear could be a carbon copy of the DMCA won’t be introduced until next year. In another post, Michael notes that the Facebook group he [...]

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Why do we need a YouTube Canada?

by Mathew on November 6, 2007 · Comments

(this is cross-posted from my Globe and Mail blog)
YouTube launched a Canadianized version of the popular video-sharing site at a press conference on Tuesday, the latest in a series of international versions that have been launched over the past few months, including YouTube Brazil, YouTube Poland and YouTube Ireland.
The press conference — which had [...]

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iPhone in Canada for Christmas?

by Mathew on October 28, 2007 · Comments

The Boy Genius, who has a pretty good reputation so far for getting his rumours right, spotted an ad for the Canuck version of the iPhone, which is supposedly going to be here by December 7. But will it? Some have pointed out that the ad looks a little Photoshopped, and that the price — [...]

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Google working on Canuck Street View

by Mathew on September 25, 2007 · Comments

(This is a story I wrote for globetechnology.com based on an interview with Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy czar — I’m posting it here for those who may have missed it. Click here if you want to listen to the entire interview)
The man in charge of Google’s privacy policy says the Internet giant is working [...]

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My BlogTV.ca eulogy: Good riddance

by Mathew on September 22, 2007 · Comments

I don’t want to spend a huge amount of time on it, because frankly it isn’t worth it, but I thought I should take note of the fact that BlogTV.ca — the video-streaming experiment from Alliance Atlantis that launched with much fanfare (or at least a big, fancy party) in March — is getting the [...]

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