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Submission + - Copyright lawsuits apparently coming to Canada (theglobeandmail.com)

jbr439 writes: Voltage Pictures, a L.A. movie studio known for numerous forgettable motion pictures, is seeking, via court order, customer information on 2,000 IP addresses used by customers of Canadian ISP TekSavvy. The expectation is that if this information is obtained, lawsuits will be soon be following. The court date is set for Dec 17.
TekSavvy was possibly chosen as the target of this action due to it being one of the smaller ISPs in Canada.

This is likely a result of Canada bringing in new copyright laws in early November. Among other things, under the new laws statutory damages for non-commercial infringing are limited to $5,000.

Additional information on this issue can be obtained at Michael Geist's excellent site: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6718/125/
                                                                                                       

Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 378

I use "Exchange 2007/2010 Calender and Tasks Provider" extension (on Linux). I find it does a good job of allowing me to access the corporate Exchange server for calendar activities. I use IMAP to access said corporate server for plain old mail.

Used DavMail for a while but had problems when the server upgraded. No I just use the extension and don't have to have another Java program (DavMail) running as a gateway.

Comment Re:Tone the hyberbole down (Score 3, Informative) 171

... The US here is asking for something like the DMCA (which is required by treaty), ...

DMCA-like legislation is not required for treaty (are we talking WIPO here?) compliance. Canda's Dr. Michael Geist has gone to great lengths to explain why.

However, the US likes the DMCA and is hell-bent on ramming it down every other country's throat. And, sadly, the governments of most countries (including Canada's) are willing accomplices in this farce.

Comment Re:America has jumped the shark (Score 1) 947

What the teacher should have said is something like this:

Although I respect your right to have religious views that differ from mine, I am teaching the theory of evolution and I expect you to know the material I am teaching if you want to pass this course.

You can feel free to add a disclaimer to anything you submit that your religious views are in conflict with the theory of evolution, but, as I said before, you must know the course material to pass.

FWIW, I basically agree with the sentiment the teacher expressed, but if said teacher was indeed as hostile as is made out to be, then he/she wasn't being very professional. It's not the teacher's job to change religious beliefs (regardless of how absurd they may be); it's the teacher's job to teach the course material and ensure his/her students know it.

Comment Re:Did the author completely overlook,,, (Score 1) 289

In Britain, they used to do it the US way, and still do to an extent, but you can now get much cheaper SIM only plans.

Count yourself lucky. No such option exists in Canada with the 3 major carriers (Rogers, Telus, Bell). You pay the exact same for a plan regardless of whether you are getting a heavily subsidized iPhone or if you brought your own phone to the party. It's an amazing rip-off, but it's the current state of affairs in Canada. Oh, and did I mention how we get reamed on data plan costs?

Comment Re:This is how freedom dies (Score 1) 1698

Gives new meaning to the phrase "live free or die" :-)

FTR, I live in Canada, and although the Canadian system definitely has its issues, I consider it superior to the US system in providing better average outcomes. There is a reason that no other industrialized country in the world has a system like that of the US (and it's not because these other countries hate freedom).

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