International Law

RuinediPhone.com

Posted on June 30, 2008
The ruinediphone.com petition now has almost 19,000 signatures. Similar Posts:None Found

?Zimbabwe officials say Mugabe will be inaugurated Sunday afternoon?

Posted on June 29, 2008
From the article: “Reporters were informed to be at the presidency for the 3 p.m. (1300GMT) ceremony, with the word going out even before results from Friday’s presidential runoff had been announced.” Similar Posts:None Found

?Bernier relieved to get story off chest?

Posted on June 28, 2008
How could the MSM justify its occasional piece on the sexism of coverage on the Bernier-Couillard story if it didn’t keep itself busy writing adolescently-titled pieces in the first place? Honestly, there are days when those who write for the MSM seem to me to be simply the stupidest people on the planet...

?Cindy McCain praises Diana as ?inspiration??

Posted on June 26, 2008
My guess is that the McCain campaign is now getting busy presenting Cindy McCain as the empty-headed, servile and ambitionless character Republican voters seem to need in a first lady - the anti-Michelle, essentially. Similar Posts:None Found

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Prentice Runs and Hides from CBC Questions Over CanDMCA Bill

Posted on June 19, 2008
Opposition to Bill C-61 is steadily mounting - Michael has details on an Angus Reid poll here, and on newspaper editorials, Facebook group membership growth and other indicators here. Prentice’s response? To run and hide under the covers - presumably to hide out until some deputy-of-whatnot can rescue him...

So what?s Yahoo worth now?

Posted on June 19, 2008
It’s a defection-palooza at Yahoo! now - no surprises there, I suppose. Details here. Similar Posts:None Found

What if They Wrote an A.P. Story and Nobody Came?

Posted on June 16, 2008
Arrington is banning A.P. stories in response to its clueless policy on references by bloggers. Has me wondering - what if the entire blogosphere banned A.P.? Similar Posts:None Found

Dramatic Growth in Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook Group Membership

Posted on June 15, 2008
Scott Tribe on the dramatic growth in the Fair Copyright for Canada membership in recent days: “16 000 new members since Bill C-61 was unveiled by Jim Prentice and the Conservatives”. Similar Posts:None Found

Run DMCA - ?The Canadian DMCA: A Betrayal?

Posted on June 13, 2008
Michael on Prentice’s CanDMCA gift to his American friends, as he apparently gets ready to skip off to a new portfolio (thxkbai!). Similar Posts:None Found

?At the age a child can ride a bicycle comes the ability to search the Web?

Posted on June 13, 2008
Hmmm - I’m seeing kids take to the web well before they can ride a bike. Similar Posts:None Found

Copyright Concerns

Posted on June 13, 2008
As of the time of writing, the Globe’s initial story on the CanDMCA had 681 comments - about as many as I’ve ever seen on a Globe piece, and the vast majority are angry - many bitterly so. Michael’s initial piece has 230 comments, and the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group is closing [...

John McCain: Joe Lieberman Can Carry My Bags Anytime, but no Jew Can Be President

Posted on June 08, 2008
I’m not sure which spectacle is the more appalling - John McCain’s desperate but ultimately muddled and vain attempt to find a clear escape from this interviewer’s questions, or the bigotry of his answer. Similar Posts:None Found

?The Problem Wasn?t the Message ? It Was the Money?

Posted on June 08, 2008
A strange NYT op-ed from Mark Penn, who is presumably smart enough to understand, but hopes his readers aren’t, that if he’d had the right message, he would have had the money. To me, Clinton’s campaign seemed false from the outset...

?We?ve been a country for 100-plus years - surely working together we should have already figured out?

Posted on June 08, 2008
As Baird continues to try to trick Canadians into believing he actually wants constructive change on the environment file, his latest effort at electioneering sleight-of-hand - an agreement with the Atlantic Provinces to ‘co-operate’ on environmental issues - provokes a hilarious reaction from boots on the ground...

Harper?s Americanization of Canada Continues

Posted on June 08, 2008
I’ve lost count of the number of electoral imports Harper’s hustled in across the border. It’s become more of a personal homage to Shrub, I think - but in any event, Harper’s admiration for Republican government and electioneering has become embarrassing - and the deeper his mentors sink into their own muck, the more [...

?Customers stunned by massive phone bills?

Posted on June 07, 2008
In a ‘gotcha’ economy stories about people who’ve been sucker-punched by the small print - in this case by claims of unlimited internet access on their mobile devices - are painfully common. There are laws restricting the use of terms like “diet” and “low-fat” and so forth - maybe we need to wall off [...

The Real Power of Obama?s Online Fundraising

Posted on June 05, 2008
The real power of Obama’s online fundraising is that the success he has had will force all who follow after him to appeal directly to the masses with a presentation that will provoke genuine interest and support. If we’ve learned anything from Web 2...

?Corporate and private interests are desperate to assert their power in the digital age?

Posted on June 05, 2008
Interesting post by Bob Rae on ACTA and the anticipated new copyright legislation. Similar Posts:None Found

?Prentice?s Staff Scrubbing Copyright Controversy From Wikipedia Entry?

Posted on June 04, 2008
This is both hilarious and sad - Minister Prentice’s staff have yet to learn what US Congressional staffers have known for years - their apparent attempts to spin his wikipedia entry can be traced back to origin. Let’s hope this ineptitude and self-indulgence doesn’t appear in Prentice’s draft CanDMCA expected shortly...

Mike Masnick?s mesh08 Presentation

Posted on June 03, 2008
Mike’s excellent mesh08 presentation, “The Infinite Good“, is up at rabbletv. To watch, select “On-Demand”, choose “mesh Conference 2008″, then select Mike’s presentation. I’ve lost count of the number of people who’ve told me this was their favourite part of mesh08: Similar Posts:None Found

How do you find interesting content on the Web about culture, society and art?

Posted on June 03, 2008
Techmeme and Memeorandum are great services - they make it easy to find current content about technology and politics that is generating heat and light. But I’m interested in much more than technology and politics, and would love to find a great service that does what Gabe has done for other areas of interest...

globeandmail.com: ?The locks are off?

Posted on June 01, 2008
The Globe has announced that the wall has come down for some paid content: “Every Globe columnist, daily horoscopes, crosswords, Sudoku puzzles and a suite of news-tracking tools are now free. Margaret Wente, Christie Blatchford, Jeffrey Simpson and the rest of The Globe’s best-known columnists can join the fray and add their talented voices to [...

A Passion, for Groceries

Posted on June 01, 2008
The NYT piece on the 80th birthday of the owner of Zabar’s - one of our favourite groceries when we lived in New York - reminded me of something I’m noticing almost every day now - the effect that one person’s passion has on the success of a business...

?Let?s Stand Up to Big Brother?

Posted on May 29, 2008
It would be easy, amid all of fufflegubble about Mr. Bernier, to lose sight of more important matters emanating from Ottawa - such as the storm of protest over the Government’s Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Similar Posts:None Found

CFRA Business@Night Interview on mesh08

Posted on May 28, 2008
CFRA’s Greg Hebert interviewed me yesterday in a short piece on mesh08 and digital advocacy Similar Posts:None Found

More mesh08 video

Posted on May 26, 2008
RabbleTV has five full mesh08 sessions online now. To see them click on the On-Demand button on the player - more are being added soon. Similar Posts:None Found

Post Buyouts Come With an Emotional Cost

Posted on May 26, 2008
From Kurtz, on the layoffs: The ticking time bomb here is the wholesale abandonment of newspapers by younger people who grew up with a point-and-click mentality. When I was speaking at Harvard recently, a smug graduate student said, “I get everything I need from YouTube...

Just go build the thing

Posted on May 23, 2008
Please, just go build the thing. Your mileage may vary, but this is often said (my favourite commentator on the idea / execution quasi-corollary is Mike Masnick) and it’s usually great advice. Similar Posts:None Found

So long, and thanks for all the fun

Posted on May 23, 2008
mesh08 and meshU are now in the can. We’ll all have more thoughts on this year soon, but for now, while I’m still catching up on sleep, I wanted to write a short note with a high-five to a few people who worked especially hard to give us this remarkable experience...

Terribly Stupid

Posted on May 19, 2008
The appetite some Democrats have for a Republican President is remarkable. Similar Posts:None Found

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