Rusell McOrmond

Articles by Rusell McOrmond

New media broadcasting online consultation: What is new media broadcasting?

The following is my first submission to the New Media Broadcasting online consultation. I spent a few hours on the site this afternoon...

Industry Minister Jim Prentice sidesteps question on counterfeit treaty and Copyright bill

If you look up counterfeit in Wikipedia it starts with, "A counterfeiting is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively...

Little Brother Audio book: Audible vs eMusic vs Zipidee

I am one of those people who walk around with earphones in my earswhenever I leave home, and at various breaks in the day....

Old economy vs new economy – a battle between Canadian business coalitions.

An article by Kathleen Lau for ComputerWorld Canada (29 May 2008) documents that launching of the Canadian Intellectual Property Council (CIPC). The CIPC...

Impressions of the Net Neutrality Rally.

I was downtown early so I could sit outside the Parliament Pub across from Parliament Hill and read my morning e-Mail via the OGWifi...

OGwifi at Netneutralityrally.ca

The folks from Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi (ogWiFi) will be at the Net Neutrality Rally on the hill today. They have put...

Politicians will be politicians: Obama’s technology policy not as good as advertised?

I wasn’t watching the US presidential primaries because I saw it asa race between Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. I have some politicalideas that...

Events next week bring together related policy issues

Next week on Tuesday May 27'th is the Net Neutrality rally (Facebook event), and on Friday May 30'th is the GOSLING 6-year anniversary (Facebook...

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