MTS Allstream, the company leading this campaign, is a bit of a hypocrite here. They don't share their fibre optic cable network with anyone. They won't let private businesses lease their fibre optic cable network.
You can see their defence of this position on the CRTC website @ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-9.htm
I just wanted to point out the Conservative Party's official policy on Copyright Law (from http://www.conservative.ca/EN/2692/41625)
Copyright Legislation
i) The Conservative Party believes that the objectives of copyright legislation should be:
a) to create opportunities for Canadian creators to enjoy the fruits of their labour to the greatest possible extent;
b) to ensure that the rights of Canadian creators are adequately protected by law;
c) that these rights are balanced with the opportunity for the public to use copyrighted works for teaching, researching and lifelong learning;
d) to continue to allow an individual to make copies of sound recordings of musical works for that person's personal and individual use; and
e) that enforcement is applied fairly and in accordance with international standards.
ii) The Conservative Party believes that reasonable access to copyright works is a critical necessity for learning and teaching for Canadian students and teachers, and that access to copyrighted materials enriches life long learning and is an essential component of an innovative economy.
iii) A Conservative Government will give consideration to educational public policy goals within the copyright framework. A Conservative Government will work with industry to increase awareness and develop a public education campaign to better inform users and creators on the copyright laws in Canada.
iv) A Conservative Government will eliminate the levy on blank recording materials.
Interestingly, the whois lookup for inrainbows.com shows that the registrant is "Sandbag Ltd", a British company that produces ethically manufactured, fair trade fashion.
IBM has an interesting license agreement on this software. You must agree not to redistribute, reverse-engineer, etc., EXCEPT for the non-IBM components (there's a long list of them). I'm not sure Lotus Symphony complies with all of the OSI-approved licenses of the software that it is made from.
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MTS Allstream, the company leading this campaign, is a bit of a hypocrite here. They don't share their fibre optic cable network with anyone. They won't let private businesses lease their fibre optic cable network. You can see their defence of this position on the CRTC website @ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-9.htm
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OLPC Principle #5: Free and Open Source: Give me a free and open environment and I will learn and teach with joy.
The hardest thing to do is live up to your own rhetoric.
As of the time of this posting, I cannot download any Madonna albums from amazonmp3.com
The Dell XPS M2010 is better than them both!
Perhaps I'm really bad at writing summaries, but I posted this same story on Firehose almost an hour before this one even came up.
We signed and *ratified* Kyoto. You can't break international commitments that you ratify. We have never ratified the WIPO agreement.
CDbaby.com is great!
Interestingly, the whois lookup for inrainbows.com shows that the registrant is "Sandbag Ltd", a British company that produces ethically manufactured, fair trade fashion.
IBM has an interesting license agreement on this software. You must agree not to redistribute, reverse-engineer, etc., EXCEPT for the non-IBM components (there's a long list of them). I'm not sure Lotus Symphony complies with all of the OSI-approved licenses of the software that it is made from.
That which we call a rose / By any other name...
Microsoft seems to be a member of two organisations that disagree completely disagree with each-other. How long will it be able to argue with itself?