This last tuesday, we had LawyersLounge, the first of its kind in Montréal. The goal was simple: raise awareness of legal issues that tech entrepreneurs have to go through, and at the same time, connect with practising lawyers willing to reach out to the community. Like accountants and other professionals who support tech entrepreneurs (VCs?), [...]
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Copyright in Canada: Let’s promote the emergence of new business models
There is now currently an active online campaign to fight the upcoming Bill C-32, with various artists’ organization launching Facebook petitions, creative Youtube videos, and also websites such as culture equitable. Here’s a recent Ottawa video by Biz (from rapper group Loco Locass) The material is convincing, with direct calls to the viewer to save [...]
Québec Government makes way for open source software in IT infrastructure
In what appears to be a 180 degree turn, Michelle Courchesne, Présidente du Conseil du Trésor of the government of Québec, announced that any governmental organization and any other entity depending on the government must consider open source software for any IT project, at the Salon du Logiciel Libre in Québec city “Must” is highlighted [...]
Nimonik helps businesses meet legal ISO 14001 requirements
Nimonik.ca, launched earlier this month, is a new website for companies wanting to be certified ISO14001, and then manage and track ISO14001 requirements, for companies planning on international expansion, and need to be “certified green”. As I understand it, the Canadian law landscape is complex, with provincial, municipal and federal laws and regulations on waste [...]
P2P website ordered to stop operations
QuebecTorrent, a quebec-based torrent tracker, was ordered by the Superior Court of Quebec to close the website late last week. To my knowledge, it’s a first in Canada, where file-sharing is still legal (well, until bill C-61 comes). Here, the legal team from media groups Musicor, Zone 3 Musique, TVA Groupe Inc, succeeded into making [...]
Montreal Meeting — Fair Copyright for Canada
There is a meeting open to all tomorrow regarding bill C-61. The bill is viewed by many as an abuse, which was solely submitted because of lobbying from the US music and cinema industry, as well as media groups in Canada; while the MPs who submitted it said that it’s a necessary upgrade to Canadian [...]
There is something rotten in the Canadian telecom world
Last week, two contenders dropped out of the Canadian wireless spectrum auction. MTS Allstream, a Manitoba-based telecom company, announced that its partnership with private equity firms Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Blackstone Capital Partners was dissolved, making its chances to win the wanted spectrum unlikely. Just a few days ago, a joint venture which [...]
