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12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - CBC: want to email our... · 2 replies · +2 points

Yes, if you know your fair use (fair dealing) rights.

But if you go by what the CBC's site says...well, if you hit "republish" it says: "Post- Post all or part of this article on a web site, intranet, or blog." Seems to indicate you need an iCopyright license even to post an excerpt. Then when you click "go" it seems to suggest that this is only for posting the full thing. What if you just want to run an excerpt? Nothing directly speaks to that, but under "learn more" it does say "Cutting and pasting copyrighted content and then posting it on the web or distributing it to others in any form, except for certain "fair uses," requires permission from the publisher."

They don't make it easy to figure out, but they do make it easy to pay them...

12 years ago @ Macleans.ca - CBC: want to email our... · 0 replies · +1 points

It is indeed very confusing Serge. There are the things that iCopyright says on the CBC's site, then there's what CBC tells me, then there's what the law says (basically that in many cases you do not need to pay the CBC to print, email, or post excerpts). I think the confusion is intentional- if not on the CBC's part than on iCopyright's. If you can't tell whether or not you're infringing, just pay up for peace of mind.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - I'm good enough, I'm s... · 0 replies · +2 points

Awww! Thx Just Joe.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - WiFi on Steroids: Coul... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't think that regulation means what you think it means, openspectrum...

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - WiFi on Steroids: Coul... · 1 reply · +1 points

*blush*

thx Peter.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Harper's promise: a wa... · 2 replies · +10 points

Well here's the thing- right now it's technically cumbersome for ISPs to trace this data, but they do so upon police request in extraordinary circumstances. If lawful access is passed, The ISPs will have to build technology to automate the process and hand the keys over to the cops. After that, tracing "Sourstud" to your real name, email address, and home address will be as easy as tracing a car's plates.

You're quite right that criminals will evade this- if you know you're breaking the law, there are many ways of encrypting your activities online. But the rest of us will be exposed to any cop who feels like checking us out with a push of a button.

The cops would essentially be surfing a different Internet than everyone else and most folks wouldn't even realize it.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Harper's promise: a wa... · 0 replies · +21 points

yeah!

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Doesn't anyone want th... · 1 reply · +3 points

I stand corrected.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Japan's Internet prove... · 7 replies · +5 points

I get your point, folks- there is no "Japan's Internet", just *the Internet*. But I think you get mine too: each nation has its own infrastructure, and Japan's is especially well-designed and robust. Physical catastrophes may not be able to take a country offline completely, but they certainly can render the Internet effectively useless when it's most needed. This hasn't happened in Japan, and that's pretty great, I think.

13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Google lets you jiggle... · 2 replies · 0 points

So why would a developer care if Google rejects their app? I'm guessing it's because perhaps the majority of Android app sales occur within the Android marketplace (because ignoramuses like me think that's the only game in town...?).

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