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MPs miss chance to embrace YouTube generation
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| In the spring of 2007, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the well-known
| broadcasting advocacy group, began posting videos and podcasts of
| Parliamentary committee proceedings on the group's website. When officials at
| the House of Commons caught wind of the activities, they promptly sent
| a "cease and desist" letter, demanding that the videos and podcasts be
| removed from the Internet. A lawyer for the House of Commons argued that
| posting excerpts from committee proceedings could be treated as "contempt of
| Parliament."
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http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/632164
Canadian Parliament Threatens People For Posting Video Of Proceedings Online
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| It would appear that the Canadian Parliament is no big fan of transparency.
| When some activists started posting video and audio of various Parliamentary
| committee proceedings online, in order to both increase transparency and to
| comment on those proceedings, lawyers apparently sent them a cease and
| desist, claiming it was "contempt of Parliament."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090511/0851414833.shtml
Recent:
U.S. Targets Canada Over Copyright in Special 301 Report
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| The move is not unexpected, given recent comments from Vice President Joe
| Biden and U.S. Congressional panels as well as the demands from U.S. lobby
| groups.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3911/125/
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