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Creative Commons Canada Re-Launches

Posted March 26th, 2012 by Michael Geist

Athabasca University, BCcampus, and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian
Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa
have joined together to re-launch
Creative Commons Canada. All three organizations will take part in the
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Idea du jour: This came from that

Posted February 6th, 2012 by Darren

This Budweiser ad, where the beer company seriously amps up a rec hockey league game, has made a splash over the last week or so. When I first saw it, I was reminded of this Improv Everywhere project, in which a local band has the night of its life. As it happens, Improv Everywhere pulled [...]

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Could the Internet Ever Be Destroyed?

Posted January 21st, 2012 by Allan W Janssen

By Natalie Wolchover | LiveScience.com The raging battle over SOPA and PIPA, the proposed anti-piracy laws, is looking more and more likely to end in favor of Internet freedom — but it won’t be the last battle of its kind. Although, ethereal as it is, the Internet seems destined to survive in some form or [...]

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US Extradites UK Student For Copyright Infringement, Despite Site Being Legal In The UK!

Posted January 13th, 2012 by Allan W Janssen

From the scary-scary-stuff dept. Want to understand just how insane things may get under SOPA/PIPA? Just take a look at what’s already happening under today’s laws. Back in 2010, one of the first websites that Homeland Security’s ICE (Immigrations & Customs Enforcement) group seized was TVShack.net. TVShack was a site that collected links to TV [...]

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