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Andorin writes "According to Drew Wilson at ZeroPaid and Cory Doctorow, the ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), a US organization that aims to collect royalties for its members for the use of their copyrighted works, has began soliciting donations to fight key organizations of the free culture movement, such as Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Pu

Fadden evoked questions the CBC failed to ask.

GENEVA – UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday warned
torturers that they could not escape justice even if they might benefit
from short term impunity.

NEW YORK - The media firestorm over the Rolling Stone profile (6/22/10) of Gen

By Toronto Media Co-op - June 25, 2010

This issue of The Spoke features:

* The Indigenous rights march
* Fence-side no-democracy zone
* Toronto's homeless told to leave Allan Gardens
* Striking Novatel workers and their vuvuzelas

GovTechGuy writes "Experts at a Congressional hearing Thursday said the government needs to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to reflect changes in technology, notably location-based services. On one hand, legal experts argue tracking a mobile user's location should require a higher burden of proof than simply intercepting their communications.