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Stories and comments across the archive that link to globeandmail.ca.

Stories · 9

  1. Canadian High Court Says ISPs Don't Owe Royalties

    Yro · Internet · · posted by timothy · from the common-carrier dept. · 486 comments
    canwaf writes "According to the CBC, and the other guys: In a 9-0 decision, Canada's highest court ruled, despite the fact that ISPs provide the means for piracy, they are not liable for what people download. They continue in their decision that Internet access providers are not bound by federal copyright legislation. Coupled with an earlier story on Slashdot, this is a very good thing." Edward Scissorhands was one of many readers to link to the Globe and Mail's article, too.

  2. Canadarm Company Bidding on Hubble Repair

    Science · Space · · posted by michael · from the give-them-a-hand dept. · 45 comments
    mhotchin writes "The Globe and Mail says that NASA has evaluated all the submissions for a robot repair mission to Hubble, and the only bid requested is from the Canadian company that developed the Canadarm. It appears they would copy the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ('Dexter'), developed for ISS, as the main unit for the repairs."

  3. Spammer Apologizes

    It · Spam · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the now-can-he-give-me-my-time-back dept. · 288 comments
    radarsat1 writes "The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian professional spammer Eric Head, after being sued by Yahoo!, has apologized formally for his behaviour and vows to mend his ways by teaching others about the dangers of the internet. Let's hope others begin to take his lead."

  4. "Nigerian" Spammer Arrested

    It · Spam · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the sad-that-this-is-a-genre-now dept. · 241 comments
    Roger_Wilco writes "According to The Globe and Mail, a "Nigerian" spammer has been charged with with first-degree attempted larceny. Hopefully we'll get a few less of that spam now."

  5. Bad News From Canada On NetTV And Media Levies

    News · Tv · · posted by timothy · from the where's-the-line-for-cat-scan dept. · 374 comments
    twilight30 writes "Canadian regulators ruled Friday that it is illegal to put broadcast TV signals onto the Internet without permission, dashing the hopes of entrepreneurs hoping to create new Net TV businesses. An alternate link to the original at CNet is here." And Dr Caleb writes "In response to this Slashdot story I emailed my Member of Parlament. He responded to me today to say that "Despite strong opposition by the Canadian Alliance to these and other aspects of the bill, the Minister of Canadian Heritage won the day and Bill C-32 Copyright Legislation is now law." And further to say "The law assumes guilt that everyone who buys a blank tape or CD is pirating music - but anyone who uses CDs for data storage, for instance, knows that's not true!" Distressing that the bill has passed, but refreshing that my MP 'gets it'!"

  6. SciFi Motherlode Donated to Canadian University

    Education · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the a-little-light-reading dept. · 194 comments
    Freshly Exhumed writes: "SciFan aficionados might soon be lining up to study at the University of Calgary due to an amazing donation: A massive collection of science fiction and pulp magazines spanning the last century has been donated to the University of Calgary which officials say will be a boon for literary and pop culture research. William Gibson had spent many of his 92 years sealing his prized collection in plastic, leaving behind a true motherlode of science fiction writings."

  7. Studios Prepare for Star Wars

    News · Starwars · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the this-is-scary dept. · 68 comments
    Stephen Legge writes "Here's an article from the Toronto Globe&Mail about studios shuffling their spring line-up in anticipation of a chaotic Phantom Menance opening." Also worth noting, they've moved the release date from the 21st to the 19th. It still overlaps Linux Expo. Are we gonna rent a theater out or what?

  8. Globe covers Possible Pentium III Flop

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the stuff-to-read dept. · 99 comments
    DrPsycho writes "Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail has in its Report on Business section today an article on everyone's favorite overhyped chip, the PIII. Talks plainly about the competition Intel faces from AMD and Cyrix, as well as the problems they're having with PR and a general lack of consumer confidence. " Maybe its just me, but wasn't the 486, Pentium, PPro and P2 each predicted to be a flop? The P3 is definitely looking grim though. No major performance game. Many times more expensive. Hmm

  9. Globe covers Possible Pentium III Flop

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the stuff-to-read dept. · 99 comments
    DrPsycho writes "Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail has in its Report on Business section today an article on everyone's favorite overhyped chip, the PIII. Talks plainly about the competition Intel faces from AMD and Cyrix, as well as the problems they're having with PR and a general lack of consumer confidence. " Maybe its just me, but wasn't the 486, Pentium, PPro and P2 each predicted to be a flop? The P3 is definitely looking grim though. No major performance game. Many times more expensive. Hmm