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Comment on Clarification: secret mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:43:52 +0000

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This post was mentioned on Twitter by 640k: Update: Canadian #acta negotiators do have a mandate, but it’s secret, so don’t ask for it. http://bit.ly/6Ql9pQ #copycon…

Comment on Clarification: secret mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators by Tweets that mention Paul V's blog | Clarification: secret mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators -- Topsy.com

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:08:28 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by MissPirata and David McKendrick, Paul V. Paul V said: Update: Canadian #acta negotiators do have a mandate, but it's secret, so don't ask for it. http://bit.ly/6Ql9pQ #copycon [...]

Comment on No mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators by Paul V's blog | Clarification: secret mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:00:52 +0000

[...] sent Trade an email asking them to clarify the non-existence of a mandate letter for the ACTA negotiating team. There is one, but it’s a mandate memorandum. For the record, [...]

Comment on Clarification: secret mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators by Paul V's blog | No mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators

Paul V's blog | No mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:44:25 +0000

[...] Addendum: Following up with Trade reveals that there is a mandate, but it’s secret. [...]

Comment on No mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators by Tweets that mention Paul V's blog | no mandate for the Canadian ACTA negotiators -- Topsy.com

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:18:49 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Anthony Marco, Paul V. Paul V said: More news on #acta in Canada. Trade dept reveals that negotiators have no written mandate: http://bit.ly/61vaxS #copycon [...]

Comment on ACTA complaint to the Information Commissioner by Tweets that mention Paul V's blog | ACTA complaint to the Information Commissioner -- Topsy.com

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:44:11 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Paul V, Paul V. Paul V said: My public interest complaint to Canada Info Commish to disclose #ACTA as Trade rejected my access-to-info req http://bit.ly/5xsJ3r #copycon [...]

Comment on Government transparency and the trade department by Paul V's blog | ACTA complaint to the Information Commissioner

Paul V's blog | ACTA complaint to the Information Commissioner — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:58:21 +0000

[...] on leaked documents of an unusually secretive process (more info). In December, I wrote about Trade taking a 6 month extension above and beyond the 30 days that the Act permits them to answer my request. However, they did [...]

Comment on Government transparency and the trade department by Tweets that mention Paul V's blog | Government transparancy and the trade department -- Topsy.com

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:58:35 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Riz, Paul V. Paul V said: On Access to Information Act delays at the Trade Department. Makes learning about ACTA difficult. http://bit.ly/6o6JO8 [...]

Comment on FBI warnings on DVDs waste Canadians millions of dollars by Alex

Alex — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:26:16 +0000

Time spent on twitter & social network sites – more millions upon millions of man-hours lost.
Time spent proselytizing your counter-corporate agenda – dozens of hours lost.
Time spent clicking the links on your google chat status updates and searching fruitlessly for any additional insight or wisdom I couldn’t obtain in a faster more eloquent avenue via Michael Geist’s website? About 5 minutes/week
Time spent responding to this blog – 3 minutes

I’m more ashamed for wasting 8 minutes of my life each week on this blog than I am infuriated by the wasted 10 second copyright warning I apparently per week.

Comment on Comments on the Lily Allen Mixtape Fiasco by Inscrutable Ted

Inscrutable Ted — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:27:46 +0000

I agree that copyright laws need to be changed, and the amount charged to Ms Thomas is ridiculous.

But there’s a difference between online filesharing and making mixtapes. Mixtapes are typically given to a few friends, while filesharing shares files with thousands of people. Also, mixtapes usually contain just one or two tracks from any given album (possibly encouraging the listener to buy the rest of the album), while filesharers typically share entire albums.

It seems reasonable to me that Lily Allen would consider one damaging to artists, and the other not.