New Zealand's terrible copyright law suspended, may be dead

This is interesting: "Street demonstrations, netwide campaigns, unfavorable press attention and sustained lobbying have moved the New Zealand government to temporarily suspend its new copyright law, which would...

Save the Net in Canada public submissions deadline February 23

The deadline for public submissions to help 'Save the Net in Canada' in February 23rd, and while the formal hearings on the matter won't start until July 6, public submissions to the CRTC ends in two days. For the...

Is Bell Canada trying to kill NowPublic?

Steve Anderson of Save Our Internet, asks: "Will the next NowPublic, Rabble.ca, or Raincity Studios be scared away by the impending ISP gatekeepers?"" He's talking about Bell and other carriers are controlling...

Google Introduces New Weapon In Fight For Net Neutrality

"Google announced today that it will give end users the tools to figure out whether internet service providers are interfering with their broadband connections by blocking or “throttling” certain applications....

Government black boxes will 'collect every email'

"Internet "black boxes" will be used to collect every email and web visit in the UK under the Government's plans for a giant "big brother" database, The Independent has learnt. Home Office officials have told senior figures from the internet...

Music fans back legal downloads

"  Music pirates can be deterred by warnings from their internet service provider (ISP), suggests a survey. Almost 75% of music pirates would stop if told to by their ISP, the survey of 1500 UK consumers...

Bell moves to limit internet downloads of competitor ISPs

I wonder what gets Bell employees up in the morning?  Its hard to imagine feeling good about working for a company that does this."Bell Canada Inc. is moving to impose download limits on customers of independent internet providers, an act the smaller firms say is...

Rogers Customers Get Ad-Laden 404 Sites

If you're a rogers customer and you misspell the website you're looking for, you'll be sent to a page with advertisements instead of the normal '404 Not found' error. This has got plenty of customers upset, as...

Google targets Bell in CRTC letter

God Bless America.  I don't say that very often but thanks to good old American innovation and the companies it spawns, the shameful conduct of Bell Canada is now being questioned.  Google has put its...

Opinion: Ever feel like cell carriers and ISPs don't like you?

Ever get the feeling that your cellphone and internet service companies don't really care about you, or any other customer? You're not alone."In almost every industry, companies find reason to dislike their customer base.  And although it's no different in the technology...

Google Tools Will Tell You If Your ISP Is Slowing Down Your Connection

I got frustrated tonight because I was trying to check out some hiking trails using Google Earth and the high res images weren't loading like they usually do.  Ordinarily I would suspect it was just my wifi...

US net firms to block child porn

In a major concerted effort  from the industry all three big intertent service providers have agreed to block hosting & access to child pornography sites. Industry has been divided on this for a long...

Three ISPs Agree To Block Child Porn - Boon or Slippery Slope?

"Goobergunchand other readers sent in word that Sprint, Time Warner, and Verizonhave agreed to block websites and newsgroups containing childpornography. The deal, brokered by New York Attorney General AndrewCuomo, occurred after Cuomo's office threatened the ISPs with...

NDP to introduce 'net neutrality' private member's bill

Congratulations to the NDP for understanding the importance of net neutrality in Canada.  One has to wonder what possible motivation the Liberals and Conservatives have for opposing something that is so...

ASC: Watching the Watchers

Another term for "behavioral profiling software" is "spyware", and the Anti-Spyware Coalition is having none of it: There is a gap between the promises of adware firms and the real-world behavior of their...

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