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Postal Update : Back To Work Legislation Passes

Bill C-6, the “Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act“, has passed Parliament. 158 members votes for the bill whilst 113 voted against the bill.

June 25th, 2011 1 Comment Canadian Law, Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

CPCC Seeks No Levy for Cloud Services

The Canadian Private Copying Collective will not be seeking levies for cloud services according to a press release issued on July 21st, 2011.

“The CPCC views these services, and specifically the iMatch offering, as a matter of licensing between the right holders and the cloud service providers, not one of private copying”

The current government has yet to introduce their copyright reform bill and Parliament is scheduled to adjurn for summer today, until the fall session begins on September 19th, 2011.

June 23rd, 2011 Comments Off on CPCC Seeks No Levy for Cloud Services Canadian Law, Consumer Information, Music Industry, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Postal Talks Broken Off

I’ve just received an email from Canada Post, informing me that talks inbetween the Canadian Union Of Postal Workers have broken off.

Click here for the official notice from Canada Post.

June 22nd, 2011 Comments Off on Postal Talks Broken Off Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Best Buy Music Cloud Online

Best Buy‘s Musiccloud service is now online in the states. The cloud service is provided by Catch Media‘s Play Anywhere system, which is compatible with Apple, Blackberry and Android devices.

I have yet to find information related to a Canadian service but the terms and conditions of this service don’t include limitations in regards to use by American residents. I will change this information if I recieve confirmation that Canadians are ineligible for the service.

June 21st, 2011 Comments Off on Best Buy Music Cloud Online Consumer Information, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Postal Update : Back To Work Legislation Tabled

Back to work legislation has just been tabled in Parliament. Additional details can be found at the following :

Canada Post Updates / Canadian Union Of Postal Workers

June 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Postal Update : Back To Work Legislation Tabled Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Sega Pass Hacked

An undisclosed amount of Sega Pass users have had their personal information stolen, along with encrypted password information.

Email addresses and birthdates were compromised and Sega Pass appears to be offline. The incident happened last Thursday but no details in regards to the network’s Canadian users have been published.

June 18th, 2011 Comments Off on Sega Pass Hacked Consumer Information Rob McIntyre