Author Archives: bhaggart

WikiLeaks cables: U.S. behind drive for Canadian copyright reform (who knew?)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bhaggart

I see that WikiLeaks has finally released the cables from the U.S. embassy in Ottawa. They’ll make for some fine reading as I prepare for my thesis defence (May 26 at Carleton University, Loeb Building A631 at 2 pm – … Continue reading →

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Copyright infringement and high prices

Posted on March 8, 2011 by bhaggart

Just a quick note to highlight the release of a new study, Media Piracy in Developing Countries. One of its main points seems to be that copyright infringement in these countries is largely driven by the high (monopoly) prices that … Continue reading →

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The ideology of copyright

Posted on March 7, 2011 by bhaggart

Peter Nowak is currently running a series of posts offering predictions about the future of science and techology, including weather control (!). The whole series (actually, the entire blog) is worth reading, but today he has a post about the … Continue reading →

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Perimeter Security: SPP, Take Two

Posted on February 10, 2011 by bhaggart

I’m in the midst of trying to finish my latest dissertation draft and get our house ready to go on the market – if anyone is interested in owning the former Ottawa residence of one of the creators of Coronation … Continue reading →

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Why the leak of the Pre-Budget Consultations report doesn’t matter, except to the committee’s researchers

Posted on December 16, 2010 by bhaggart

As someone who was involved in the House of Commons’ Finance Committee’s pre-budget consultations for several years, the leak of the committee’s draft recommendations by a, shall we say, opportunistic, Conservative staffer couldn’t help but catch my eye. While reports … Continue reading →

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