Copyright holders can breath a sigh of relief now that AT&T has taken on the role of the Copyright Police. AT&T announced that it will begin sending warnings to people who are downloading copyright protected music, movies and video, advising them of the law and...
created by Tina Kells | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 73 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by Amy Judd | 44 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 97 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by mtippett | 44 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 76 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by mtippett | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago 565 views | 74 recommendations | 19 comments
"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....
created by mtippett | 47 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago 219 views | 21 recommendations | 3 comments
"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 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...
created by rahul | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 104 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 392 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
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...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 412 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
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...
created by PEP | 1 year ago 248 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 704 views | 26 recommendations | 9 comments
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...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 448 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
"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...
created by Mikasi | 1 year ago 564 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 444 views | 29 recommendations | 4 comments