Archive for 'technology'

Received my reply from Minister of Industry Jim Prentice

I’m surprised this letter took so long to get out. Essentially, Mr. Prentice thinks that the CRTC will deal with it, and complaints ought to be directed to the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services or the CRTC itself. There’s no mention of either of the net neutrality bills. The letter follows: Thank you for [...]

Video gaming research, so broad it has CSci and Law under the same roof

University of Toronto is hosting its first video gaming research symposium. It tackles everything video gaming related, from the legal stance on taxation of virtual property to using multicore systems to their full potential in 3D games. I’m also interested in the pub/sub talk. The agenda is packed. I count fourteen talks. I’m going, and [...]

Bell’s Touch is not a radio, my first impressions

On a larf I decided to violate a contract I’m a party to. Yes, I know, I’m such a rebel. Today I decided to listen to internet radio on my cell phone. I’m on Bell’s $7 unlimited browsing plan. The Terms of Service clearly state that streaming audio is not allowed. It’s one of those [...]

Mailing campaign on Canadian net neutrality

I just realized that neutrality.ca is still updating, but it’s in chronological rather than reverse chronological order. Look at the bottom for new posts. The plan of defense right now appears to be writing to your MP (you can look up the appropriate mailing list based on your postal code) and the Minister of Industry [...]

Facebook is creeping me out again

I’m coming a little late to the party here because none of my friends buy from any of the partner sites. I’ve only recently heard about Facebook Beacon. Facebook’s EULA has long warned that they would keep tabs on you outside of the Facebook site, but I expected that they would do that through a [...]

iPod: to levy or not to levy? (or, I want my private copying)

Remember the levy that was collected on ipods, then refunded, then argued over? It might be coming back according to a decision by the Copyright Board of Canada. The decision may still be appealed. Again, Michael Geist has the story. The decision continues by stating that this interpretation is consistent with the intent of the [...]