Is there a Master Chef at Bell?
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy | No Comments »Bell has been busted for Internet throttling. (CBC story here.) No news there. The news is that they’ve been told to back up their congestion claim with numbers. (CBC story here.) Expect some creative accounting of traffic dynamics ...
The “Deliverance” of C-61 Begins
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »Here we go... [UPDATED: Links added] It's been a week since the Minister of Information Industry, Jim Prentice, dropped a piano Bill C-61 on us. Thanks to Prof. Michael Geist, we had some warning: This bill would ...
RIAA and MPAA hijack the border (or someone like them)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »Cyberion, at Tazzu, posted a link to the Vancouver Province story on the threatened border checks on the legitimacy of electronic media. (Cyberion's post) I had some rather strong feelings, and ranted the following: This is one of the nastiest and ...
Selling your Everything II: More on non-competition clauses, IP assignments/waivers, and employment contracts
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on the subject of over-reaching employment contracts. Click here for it. Anyway, I promised that I would have the next part up within days and well, it's been kind of crazy. Between ...
Tazzu Wordpress Camp feed
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology | 1 Comment »Password is tazzu-test. If it doesn't work, go to www.justin.tv/jeremycostin Watch live video from Tazzu Wordpress Camp on Justin.tv
How to make the Massive Tech Show into a massive tech show
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Privacy, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | 1 Comment »I've been critical of the Vancouver Massive Tech Show both here and on Tazzu. I've branded it as boring, uninspired, a waste of an afternoon, and anything but either massive or a show. I've been challenged to propose something better, ...
A “Massive” Disappointment
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Information Technology | No Comments »I've mentioned before (Joomla Demo Camp) that to call oneself an expert or specialist or otherwise claim to consult to a particular industry, one must keep up to date with that industry itself, not only the law, or accountancy, or ...
Microsoft’s Ironic Poker Game: But are they bluffing this time?
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »Back in February, Network World ran a story that Linus Torvalds, inventor of the Linux operating system and guru of the Linux kernel, believes that Microsoft is bluffing in its threat to sue for patent infringement. NW quotes Torvals ...
Hulu and the NHL, follow-up
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »In response to a comment received putting succinctly Mr. Bettman's effect on the NHL, I would like to present two screen captures comparing the customer relations aspects of licensing issue manifestations. We have the new South Park Studios web site, which ...
Hulu and the NHL
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 2 Comments »Michael Geist pointed out that the NHL webcast on Hulu.com is blocked to Canadians. It was pointed out in the comments that it seems blocked to other non-Americans as well. I added my $0.02 (i.e. this is my ...
