
November 30th, 2007 by Peter
Google has announced that they have included OpenID commenting support on Blogger in Draft. OpenID comments will work in both “Anyone” and “Registered Users” modes.
They will be testing it on draft before moving it to the main site, and plan to have support for OpenID provider on Blogger (!).

November 29th, 2007 by Peter
Yesterday I blogged about the Canadian DMCA, and the effects it will have on the Canadian consumer — I also recommend that you write your Member of Parliament (MP) regarding the issue, here are some ideas that you can include in a letter to your MP (Modified list courtesy of Russel McOrmond at Digital Copyright [...]

November 29th, 2007 by Peter
Michael Geist reports that the “Canadian” (and I put Canadian in quotes because it’s exactly the same as the DMCA without fair-use provisions — an American entertainment industry bill) copyright legislation update is going to be most likely fast tracked in the new year and supported by the Conservative and Liberal (and most likely the [...]

November 17th, 2007 by Peter
The Ottawa Citizen confirms that the revised Copyright act “will be tabled in the next four weeks”, this is a direct result of increased pressure from the United States and lobbyist organizations.
Increasing reliance on intellectual property by strengthing copyright laws for large corporations is not a sure way to economic success, it makes us too [...]