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CDN Supreme Court Upholds 'Net Free Speech

Gryphon writes: "The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a citizen has the right to express dissatifaction with the products or services of a company; in this case, an insurance company. This raises some interesting questions: does this extend to posting benchmarks of computer applications? Dissatisfaction with application security holes? Strike one for the little guy in Canada -- and maybe move here if you want to avoid the DMCA? ;)"

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  1. Canada is actually a nice place to live by Sir+Homer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you like cold weather

  2. huh? by Lord+Omlette · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a citizen with the products or services of a company; in this case, an insurance company."

    That isn't even a complete sentence! Couldn't this guy at least have linked to an article so we know what he's going on about?
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  3. Re:But by FFFish · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Canadian accents may be innocuous enough to the ear: the real challenge is slowing us down enough to actually understand us.

    I'm a BCer. Was over in Europe along with a Nova Scotian. Had difficulty understanding him because he talked so damn fast. Found out that many Europeans figure we all talk too damn fast. :-)

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