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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Sunday, August 8
No blogging from Olympic village (?)
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DavidAkin
on Sun 08 Aug 2004 08:55 PM EDT
A colleague who knows a Canadian athlete writes to tell me that the athlete has been told there is no blogging once you're at the Olympics and staying in Olympic village. Apparently it's against the "media rules" there. Anyone have any more info on this? What are the rules? How ... more »
Court denies software and movie industry's attempt to help out record biz
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DavidAkin
on Sun 08 Aug 2004 08:49 PM EDT
At the Federal Court of Canada, Canada's record industry failed miserably to convince a judge of its view of the world when it comes to sharing music files over the Internet. Privately, many lawyers who witnessed the proceedings said they were not surprised to see the judge hand the ... more »
Tourism officer fired for blogging
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DavidAkin
on Sun 08 Aug 2004 08:16 PM EDT
Patricia D'Souza, who edits This Magazine writes in with this clip from the Nunatsiaq News, which chronicles a worrisome development in Iqaluit:
August 6, 2004 - Nunatsiaq News Nunavut Tourism fires web-logging staffer Dismissal follows complaint from anonymous local resident A Nunavut Tourism marketing officer was fired last ... more » |
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