May 2009
15 posts
Net Neutrality back on the front burner →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Net Neutrality is again front and centre on the political agenda, thanks to NDP digital affairs critic Charlie Angus. Today he tabled Bill C-398, written to make…
Think tank plagiarizes, pulls report on Canadian... →
Flashback: France passes ‘three strikes’ Internet surveillance law | Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial after judge confirms ties to copyright groups | ISOHunt points out Google, Yahoo torrent…
Toronto council approves stringent green-roof... →
Green roofs are probably a good idea - if installed voluntarily. But it’s up to their advocates to convince us of their utility rather than shove them down our throats - regardless of whatever love…
More reasons to cut the cord →
Internet to Go , a recently announced service from MTS, is a part of a creative bundle that leverages the company’s wireless network and WiFi partners. The offer demonstrates that carriers don’t need…
Resurrecting the throttling decision →
How time flies. It was more than a year ago that the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) first filed their application to the CRTC asking for Bell Canada to be ordered to provide their…
Michael Geist - CAIP Calls on CRTC To Reverse Bell... →
BNP Policies….Taking Our Country Back! →
Policies British National Party Policies. Download our 2007 Mini Manifesto here. IMMIGRATION – time to say ENOUGH! On current demographic trends, we, the native British people, will be an ethnic…
Next up for France: police keyloggers and Web... →
Flashback: France passes ‘three strikes’ Internet surveillance law | SMS texts being data mined in France: Man strip searched, held after joke | French legislators reject internet piracy bill |…
CBC Reporters Win A Couple Awards →
Two CBC reporters won individual awards for their work at a gala ceremony in Ottawa last night. The award for Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting from the Canadian Advanced Technology…
Michael Copps on Protecting the Media and... →
Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps spoke this morning at Free Press’ Changing Media Summit , and he delivered a rousing reminder of how central the media are to sustaining a democracy, and how hard we…
p2pnet World Headlines - May 13, 2009 →
Reporter Roxana Saberi finally freed From Iranian death scentence Reporters Without Borders “This is excellent news,” the press freedom organisation said. “The appeal court’s decision to free her can…
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Net Neutrality Defended in the EU →
On Wednesday, May 6, the European Parliament voted on the “Telecoms Package,” a new set of amendments that represent a serious attack on Europeans’ civil liberties when it comes to freedom of access…
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‘DPI is necessary’ - Sandvine →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- DPI, Deep Privacy Invasion (or Deep Packet Inspection) is the tool used by disgraced ‘behavioural targeting’ firm Phorm on behalf of giant UK provider BT, as well as…