Canadian Culture and Data Issues
As happens regularly, Michael Geist is writing up a storm and I can barely keep up just reading it in between everything else. A few things you shouldn’t miss: Canadian Cultural Policy Must Adapt to an...
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Zag
Zag by Marty Neumeier was recommended by Éric and he was right, fantastic book. Veryyyy quick read, loads of great examples and interesting tips. Mostly good for new projects and companies but anyone...
View ArticleCanada’s Digital Info Strategy Stuck in an Analog World
The strategy makes for sobering reading – Canada may have once been a world-leader in Internet access, yet today it finds itself years behind other countries in developing a clearly focused strategy...
View ArticleUS Copyright Bullshit
If you have any interest at all in copyright, public domain, innovation and Canada then you must read Howard Knopf’s post which states that Canada’s copyright law is stronger and better than U.S.’s....
View ArticleLetter to Prentice
Done. Hugh has a great model for a letter to Jim Prentice about his misguided plans for a Copyright Act. Please print, sign and send or at least email this to the Minister of Industry. [Update] Also go...
View ArticleGeist On Strombo
Love those guys! Michael Geist appeared on Strombo to talk about Fair Copyright for Canada. Not much new info if you’ve been following the issue but still worth a watch.
View ArticleBusiness coalition opposes harsh copyright reform
A who’s who of powerful companies and business associations have banded together to push for less restrictive copyright reform, driving a stake into the heart of the federal government’s argument for...
View ArticleHarper coupe encore dans la culture
Harper coupe encore dans la culture et cette fois ça touche un morceau important de la scène web/techno (et plus) à Montréal, en effet ces coupes vont causer un manque à gagner de 400K à 900K$ pour la...
View ArticleTo be creative is, in fact, Canadian
Every single one of those people is an “ordinary person.” Mr. Harper’s idea of an ordinary person is that of an envious hater without a scrap of artistic talent or creativity or curiosity, and no...
View ArticleUnissons nos voix
Nouveau site politique en ligne ce matin, Unissons nos voix permet à 50 personnes (et à d’autre de s’y ajouter) de prendre parole et donner leur opinion sur ce que devrait être notre pays. Super belle...
View ArticleThe Dark Age Netherlands
“This not only applies to all the production houses for theatres, half of the orchestras, the Muziekcentrum Nederland (formed in a recent merger), the Foundation Art and Public Domain (SKOR), renowned...
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