Industry Minister Jim Prentice is refusing to address the hundreds of questions received by CBC’s search engine about the upcoming copyright law, he wants to wait until the law is passed first, which is a good way to avoid any actual dialog about legislation that affects most Canadians. Michael Geist has 10 questions for theContinue reading “Let’s talk about it after… (DMCA)”
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IRC data-mining
IRSeek is a service that logs IRC chats and posts them in a public searchable database, some of the logs date as far back as 2005. Some people are understandably a bit concerned about this (slashdot). IRSeek explains themselves in their official blog.
Traffic shaping
The Globe and Mail has an article on traffic shaping, net neutrality, etc. in Canada. The article quotes Michael Geist who believes that traffic shaping reveals a Canadian ISP dirty little secret about the overselling of bandwidth.
Worst copyright law ever…
The Canadian government is about to bring down Canada’s version of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and it promises to be the worst copyright law in the developed world. It will contain an “anti-circumvention” clause that prohibits breaking the locks off your music and movies in order to move them to new devices orContinue reading “Worst copyright law ever…”
Facebook changes Beacon…sort of
Facebook’s new aggressive ad program, Beacon, is undergoing some changes because of pressure from its users and advocacy groups like MoveOn.org. Originally Beacon alerted your friends if you purchased something from participating sites, unless you took action to disable it, now Beacon has to be enabled by the user before it sends out alerts. TheContinue reading “Facebook changes Beacon…sort of”
Television ads are jumping on the interactive bandwagon
NBC and TiVo have struck an interactive deal, NBC has agreed to buy ratings data and other advertising products from TiVo Inc. Under the deal, advertisers who buy television commercials any NBC affiliated television stations will have the option of adding an interactive component to those spots, a TiVo tag that can be clicked onContinue reading “Television ads are jumping on the interactive bandwagon”
Google hands over IP address of Israeli blogger
Google’s Israeli subsidiary handed over the IP of a blogger using a Google blog to for a blog to slander Shaarei Tikva council members running for reelection (story: here).
Revisiting some old virality
The Webby awards revisit the 12 most influential web videos, including the legendary All Your Base Are Belong To Us
ABC and Facebook
Accoring to techluver, ABC News and Facebook have formally established a partnership – the site’s first with a news organization – that allows Facebook members to follow ABC reporters, view reports and video and participate in polls and debates, all within a new “US Politics†category. The two will jointly host Republican and Democratic debatesContinue reading “ABC and Facebook”
France: 3 strikes and you’re out
France’s Internet providers, the government and the film/music industries have struck a deal. Providers will issue warnings to illegal downloaders and if these warning go ignored, your provider pulls the plug on your Internet and forwards your info to a newly formed independent body.