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…
May 31st
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…
May 30th
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…
May 29th
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…
May 26th
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…
May 23rd
Michael Geist - CAIP Calls on CRTC To Reverse Bell... →
May 21st
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…
May 21st
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 |…
May 21st
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…
May 21st
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…
May 16th
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…
May 15th
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May 12th
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…
May 7th
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May 3rd
‘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…
May 2nd