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Supreme Court rules in favour of users in CCH decision

The Supreme Court of Canada has again made it clear that it will protect users’ rights in copyright as it ruled on the case of CCH v. Law Society of Upper Canada today. The decision, written by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin, says it wasn’t copyright infringement for the Law Society’s Toronto legal library to photocopy and fax legal decisions contained in books published by CCH Canadian Ltd. to lawyers conducting research – an activity the Law Society argued was fair use.

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Policy should be dictated by consumers, Bell’s Sabia asserts in Ottawa speech

 

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Alain Gourd has retired as executive VP corporate for Bell Globemedia, after several years with various BCE Inc. properties. His duties will be assumed by senior VP corporate and public affairs Paul Sparkes, a former aide to ex-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

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CRTC moves three cases to expedited proceedings
Following its recently announced fast track procedure (NL, Feb. 17/04), the CRTC has decided to move three applications to a panel of three commissioners who will conduct an oral hearing on March 26. The cases are Shaw Cablesystems’ Part VII application against Telus Communications Inc. over Internet promotions and bundles; Rogers Communications Inc. and Call-Net Enterprises Inc.’s Part VII against Bell Canada over bundling safeguards; and Cybersurf Corp.’s complaint against Shaw over third-party access.

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Duelling consultants argue over true state of competition in Canadian telecom

 

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High-speed market competitive enough to warrant regulatory forbearance, Bell says

 

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Wireline decline could affect other players in marketplace, TFI survey predicts

 

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Safeguarding business data from disaster critical effort for companies, confab told

Telcos have to consider their vulnerabilities when it comes to network security. While the exercise may be costly, it is considerably cheaper than trying to rebuild after a disaster, a conference was told.

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Price overwhelming impetus for consumers to switch local carriers: Decima Research

Canadians are generally open to considering alternative local telephone service providers, so long as they don’t have to pay too much, according to a new survey by Decima Research Inc. Price is by far the most important factor among those who have already switched and among those who would consider switching, however very few would consider paying more for their local service simply to have access to more competitor choices in their area. Nearly half of Canadians agree that the government should play an active role to encourage competition in the residential local service market.

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