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Toronto-based Decode Entertainment has seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks. The company has recently begun development on a new original game engine for the Nintendo DS system and has launched an ITV application in conjunction with its Be The Creature property for users of Vidéotron Ltée’s illico ITV set-top boxes, as well completing the beta version of PC Multiplayer video game with DC Studios. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Renegades’ electronic marketing pitch offside, Privacy Commissioner decidesOne of Canada’s leading Internet lawyers has sacked the Ottawa Renegades’ marketing department. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has ruled that the Canadian Football League (CFL) club violated Michael Geist’s privacy when it twice sent him promotional spam. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Private copying regime irrelevant to satellite radio debate: PfohlRegulators don’t need to look to copyright law to impose anti-hacking conditions on yet-to-be-licensed subscription digital radio services, nor should they wait for their U.S. counterparts to finish a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) process on the matter before adopting made-in-Canada rules, argues the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). CRIA recently made the comments in response to arguments advanced by applicants vying for subscription radio licences. CRIA lawyer Richard Pfohl tells Canadian NEW MEDIA that writing anti-circumvention measures into the licence conditions doesn’t have to wait for the FCC, nor for a case related to Canada’s private copying regime to wind its way through the courts. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Copyright veteran Knopf sees reason for concern in WIPO reform directionPessimism is growing among those opposed to Canada’s apparent moves to implement the controversial World Intellectual Property Organization’s Internet treaties, with Canadian Heritage pressing forward to introduce legislation to that effect by this spring (CNM, Dec.6/04). Critics of that copyright reform, and of Canadian lawmakers’ direction in accepting the guidance of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, say Canada is headed towards a regime that replicates the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The result, they say, will be stringent restrictions on the use of copyrighted material, as well as a trade imbalance in cultural materials that will see an increasing number of dollars flow out of the country. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Tomorrow Starts Today program sees surprise one-year extension before budgetCanadian Heritage has given another year of funding certainty to arts groups in renewing this week $192 million in support for the arts under its Tomorrow Starts Today initiative, a portion of which goes to new media players. The program was due to expire at the end of the fiscal 2004-05 year. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. Hardly “Harsh”You were wrong to say that I had "harsh" words for the Balanced Copyright Coalition ("BCC") in respect of recent copyright activity. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW EditorialThe opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW International News BriefsLocation services ready for growth: In-Stat This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW PeopleCyrus Reporter has registered as a lobbyist for MTS Allstream. Reporter, who lists himself as a consultant for the law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, also registered as a lobbyist for Call-Net Enterprises last year. He will be charged with lobbying Canadian Heritage, Industry Canada and the Privy Council Office on matters relating to telecommunications and broadcasting. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. ROW Short Takes2300/3500 MHz auction to begin in Round 2 This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks free access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. |