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Shady Montgomery Provision dies (again) (...more)
In an update to the greedy lobbying efforts of the heirs of L.M. Montgomery, bill C-8 (Bill C-36 redux, which aims to merge the National Library and the National Archives) has been passed with the shady unrelated provision to further...April 7, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Copyright Bullies (...more)
Josh sent me this article describing the bullying of a small company by another with deeper pockets over their use of the Canadian slogan 'True North'. "It was clear our competitor had much deeper pockets than we did, and we...February 11, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Media Concentration (...more)
More on the notion that, for innovation and free society to flourish, the layers of any communication medium must operate independently. Many people believe that our current media landscape, dominated by a few vertically integrated mega-conglomerates, while threatened by the...February 4, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Mickey, Anne, and the Land Grab (...more)
If the heirs of Lucy Maud Montgomery had their way the papers of hundreds of Canadian historical figures, including those of Montgomery, would have been held from public access by Bill C-36 and its Copyright Act amendments - some until...February 2, 2004 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The Engine of Consumer Distributing: TV (...more)
I've been formulating a thesis of sorts on Canadian TV. Mark Starowicz has some interesting things to say here: Commercial television is part of the marketing and distribution system of the manufacturing economy, not part of the cultural production system....December 9, 2003 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
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