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	<description>eLegal Canton: technology law blog by a Canadian information technology and intellectual property law lawyer and trade-mark agent dealing with issues including software, copyright, privacy, the Internet, electronic commerce, computers</description>
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		<title>Tablet competition heating up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The iPad will start shipping in a few weeks.  While it is perhaps the first to market, the standard to which all others will be compared, and will no doubt sell in large numbers - it is by no means the only option.   I&#8217;ve read estimates of 50 to 100 similar devices in the works. 
More news [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/19/tablet-competition-heating-up/</link>
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		<title>Amabile&#8217;s Beth&#8217;s song now on iTunes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beth’s Song is performed by the Amabile Boys and Men&#8217;s choir, along with a soloist from the Amabile Girls and Women&#8217;s choirs.  The song was written as a companion to the book “Sing Me to Sleep”.   On the iTunes preview we only hear the soloist &#8211; the 85 male voices (my son being one of them) start about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/18/amabiles-beths-song-now-on-itunes/</link>
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		<title>Canada needs broadband boost to remain competitive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the title of my Slaw post for today.   It reads as follows.
The quality of Canadian internet access continues to decline in comparison to that of other countries.  See, for example, previous Slaw posts here and here.   This while high speed access is more increasingly considered crucial for the economy,  competitiveness and innovation &#8211; even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/17/canada-needs-broadband-boost-to-remain-competitive/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 at MIX10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released further details about Windows 7 Phone &#8211; mostly from the developer side &#8211; at the Mix10 conference.   It continues to get a positive reception from the tech press.   For more detail take a look at various posts such as these on Engadget and Wired Gadget Lab.
So I have 2 questions.  
These phones will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/16/windows-phone-7-at-mix10/</link>
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		<title>Global flow of data saps privacy rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the London Free Press &#8211; March 15, 2010
Read this on Canoe
Canada&#8217;s privacy commissioner calls for modernized laws to address evolution of cyberspace
Last month, Canada&#8217;s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, gave an address titled &#8220;The Future of Privacy Regulation&#8221; at the 11th annual Privacy and Security Conference in Victoria.
Describing herself as the &#8220;village elder&#8221; in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/15/global-flow-of-data-saps-privacy-rules/</link>
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		<title>PolicyTool – Taking Off Virally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The response to the policytool that rTraction and I collaborated on has been overwhelming.  In its first week,  over 10,000 people have visited the sites and 1500 different companies have taken the first steps in creating a social media policy.  See rTraction&#8217;s post for more details of the response.
And the only thing we did to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/12/policytool-%e2%80%93-taking-off-virally/</link>
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		<title>Happy Pi day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday is March 14th, or 3.14, and thus Pi day.   Take a look at piday.org , or Wikipedia for more details.

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		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/12/happy-pi-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Amazon 1-click patent upheld</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of controversy and debate over whether too many things are patentable, especially in the software and business method areas. 
Many thought the Amazon 1-click patent, which was under review, should not be valid.  The USPTO has, however, confirmed the patent.
Mike Masnick of Techdirt sums it up nicely, with links to further [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/11/amazon-1-click-patent-upheld/</link>
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		<title>Doctorow on folly of three strikes law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about how the three strikes law that is in force in France, and is being contemplated in other countries, is fundamentally wrong.
Take a look at this short video interview from author Cory Doctorow that puts it in perspective.
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		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/09/doctorow-on-folly-of-three-strikes-law/</link>
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		<title>North Face v. South Butt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the London Free Press &#8211; March 8, 2010
Read this on Canoe
U.S. courts may have to decide if a teen&#8217;s parody of a popular clothing line is an infringement
The North Face Apparel Co., more commonly known as The North Face, recently filed suit against Jimmy Winkelmann, a 19-year old high school student and his small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://canton.elegal.ca/2010/03/08/north-face-v-south-butt/</link>
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