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Everything You Know About Pirates Is Wrong
Few copyright pirates are gangsters. The market, not the law, is to blame, says report. Scalawags and the open 'c.'
Canadian ISPs admit that their pricing is structured to discourage Internet use
Canada's cable-based ISPs have filed regulatory comments on their "Usage-Based Billing" model that caps bandwidth use and then charges high rates for overage. In these comments, they admit that the rates they charge have nothing to do with what it costs them to provide their service, and are instead aimed at punishing their customers for "overusing" the Internet. In other words, they've set out to limit the growth of networked based business and new kinds of services, and to prevent Canadians experimentation that enables them to use the Internet to its fullest. In order to be effective as an economic ITMP, the usage based price component needs to be established so as to discourage use above the set limit. The price should incent use in excess of the limit only to the extent that the consumer would gain significant value from that usage.
Bomber Command memorial unveiled in London, helped along by Veterans Affairs donation Queen Elizabeth II unveils the Bomber Command Memorial as Prince Philip and Prince Charles, right, look on at Green Park on June 28, 2012 in London, England. Canada donated $100,000 to the construction of the memorial, according to information from Veterans Affairs Canada.
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