http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:23:40 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:23:40 -0500 QAPoll module http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/15/
Traffic Shaping is generally applied to peer-to-peer file sharing systems. These peer-to-peer file sharing systems should not be considered as a threat to network statistics, but as a tool. Currently, it is possible to use applications such as BitTorrent to download legal files, such as the Linux operating system, from peers rather than a deidcated server. This enables the network load to be distributed throughout the internet rather than on a single system. In the case of Linux, I have used this for work purposes. In other cases, the PlayStation 3 from Sony, using a Peer-to-peer sharing system for downloadable content and upgrades. This enables users of the system to recieve their downloads quicker, by not relying on one source.

Overall, if ISPs continue to shape traffic, the internet will fail to be the tool it could be for Canadians. Innovations are abundant on the internet, some will use higher bandwidth than others, we should not hinder these innovations by applying traffic shaping, we should be keeping up with them.

[0 votes] Solution #1: Ban Traffic Shaping
The only way to ensure this does not happen, is to ban it. There is not enough competition in the ISP market that one could just choose a different service provider.

]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:23:35 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/15/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/14/
Canadian broadband blasted by Harvard study
Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 5:38 PM ET Comments212Recommend363
By Peter Nowak, CBC News
Canada rates poorly in a Harvard study that measures adoption, capacity and prices. (IStock)
Canada has some of the poorest high-speed internet service in the developed world and is an example of what not to do from a policy perspective, according to a study by Harvard University.

The 232-page study, commissioned by American regulators and released Wednesday evening, found that Canada rates poorly compared to peer countries when measures such as national broadband adoption, network capacity and prices are taken into account.

Canada was 22nd overall out of 30 countries surveyed by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Canada ranked 16th on broadband adoption, 20th on speed and capacity, and 25th on price. Japan, Sweden and South Korea headed up Harvard's rankings, while the United States placed above Canada at 13th overall.

[1 votes] Solution #1: Start a ISP coops across Canada
Since the major Internet providers are the cause of this deplorable situation and since they have little profit incentive to change it, we need a Public Option. The govt wont do it so we Internauts must find a way to intervene by providing low cost high performance competition to the Internet private sector.

[1 votes] Solution #2: Better Laws or Regulations Ensuring Open, Undiscriminatory Networks
Tamir Wrote:
Another solution altogether would involve putting in place better laws or regulations ensuring open, undiscriminatory networks, as the US FCC and house of representatives is now beginning to do. This would push ISPs to invest more in their networks, leading to greater infrastructure for everyone. It would also allow for more competitive pressures on incumbents as it would allow smaller ISPs (and potential coops) to differentiate their services more.

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:44:59 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/14/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/12/
Licensing agreements can often far overreach the scope of copyright protection.

More importantly, perhaps, ISPs in other jurisdictions have been making deals with copyright holders to cut off customers accused of infringing, and now even to block certain sites like Pirate's Bay altogether.

Thoughts? Solutions?

[0 votes] Solution #1: Retain ISP immunity clauses
ISPs are currently immune from liability under the copyright for merely transmitting copyrighted material. However, they may have an obligation to take down infringing material if notified of it by a rights holder.

ISPs should not be the ones making such decisions. A Notice-Notice system should be more clearly incorporated into the Act, where ISPs are required to do no more than notify accused customers that they have been accused of infringing copyright.

Would this be enough?

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:44:02 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/12/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/11/ reselling these ideas or resources in a "commercial" way without the creators permission is already illegal.

The more often your work is shared, seen, admired, learnt from the more chance people will value it and pay for the product commercially.

If sharing is natural and 99% of young people are doing it please do not consider restrictive laws that will have the effect of the extreme minority controlling the majority, its a recipe for disaster politically and financially.


[1 votes] Solution #1: By passing a law
By passing a law that encourages free sharing so long as it is "individually" in nature and not commercial we will do what libraries have be doing for years educate and inform.
creators will find more success personally and financially through sharing than they ever will by effectively hoarding and only selling to those that have the money.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:45:03 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/11/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/10/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Don't make it illegal
If the attitude towards file sharing could be changed to a more positive one then there are monetization opportunities. As an example, if a person shares content with people and that results in a sale then the sharer would receive some form of compensation, say credits via a redeemable code that the purchaser enters. Change the perception of the activity and recognize the potential benefits the change can represent.

[2 votes] Solution #2: Legal copyright protections that encourage monetization
Along with an attitude shift, maybe it would be useful to produce some form of legislative incentives in the coming copyright bill that would encourage content creators to develop monetization schemes?

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[0 votes] Solution #1: Mixed Ink
Mixed Ink is a possibility, I don't know enough about it to provide more details but wanted to get the discussion rolling.

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How should Canada address these digital locks and the circumvention of them in the new act?

[3 votes] Solution #1: Allow Circumvention
Allowing the circumvention of digital locks in certain situations including research, education, and rightful ownership makes sense.

[1 votes] Solution #2: Solution #2: Bill C-60 Approach
Solution #1 is consistent with both C-60 and the DMCA approach. The problem with picking certain activities that are permitted to avoid a digital lock is that you replicate the work already done in the Copyright Act: we've already identified socially useful activities that do not infringe copyright. Why replicate that task in anti-circumvention?

This suggests that we adopt the C-60 approach - no liability for circumvention if done for a non-infringing purpose.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:55:13 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/8/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/7/
1. How do Canada’s copyright laws affect you? How should existing laws be modernized?
2. Based on Canadian values and interests, how should copyright changes be made in order to withstand the test of time?
3. What sorts of copyright changes do you believe would best foster innovation and creativity in Canada?
4. What sorts of copyright changes do you believe would best foster competition and investment in Canada?
5. What kinds of changes would best position Canada as a leader in the global, digital economy?

Breaking these questions into smaller more focussed discussions might lead to better results.

There are two questions here, do we make sub-questions out of these big, board questions? If so, what form do these subquestions take?

[1 votes] Solution #1: Smaller Questions
We should break them into smaller questions with tighter discussion and solutions being proposed.

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[0 votes] Solution #1: Sign final document with All Contributor Pseudonymns
The final document can contain the name of everyone who submitted an idea as well as anyone that voted x amount of times.

Include an opt-out?

]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:14:44 -0400 http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/6/ http://ideas.digitalagenda.ca/ideatorrent/idea/5/
[2 votes] Solution #1: Policy Paper
We could submit a simple policy paper outlining all of the topics they asked that we cover and the ideas and solutions that were proposed here.

[-2 votes] Solution #2: Model Copyright Act
We might submit an actual act. This would be a significant amount of work and it much less accessible to non-law types.

[2 votes] Solution #3: Report of ideastorm issues/solutions if there's a wide range of opinions
If this site gets a wide range of opinions that makes it hard to distill into a single policy vision, then it may still be useful to submit the results of this ideastorm as a report or even a dataset for further analysis.

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