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Early terse reports are that the jury has returned a guilty verdict for Dr Peter Watts, a science
fiction writer who was beaten at the US-Canada border when he got out of his car to ask why it was
being searched, then charged with assault. Peter faces up to two years in prison. I've emailed him
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went through a competitive bidding process to select a new vehicle that included total lifecycle
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in the city and 25 mpg on the highway by the EPA. One of the key selling points of the Transit
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Canada Post will buy 1,175 Transit Connects this year as part of its fleet modernization effort,
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After showing off the project earlier this month with a promising trailer (above), Dylan "Steaky"
Loney has released The Great Class Dash, his new Team
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single-player 2.5D sidescrolling platformer.
This first public release has players automatically running through four different stages:
Canada, Egypt, Volcano, and Swamp. To make it through each level, players need to cycle through
different classes while running, as each of the nine classes has a unique ability that allows
players to pass through different obstacles.
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discuss the rise of the social gaming market, viral propagation and the market's low barriers to
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Dans le cadre de la semaine de Francophonie, l'Université de Nantes accueille Yvon Fontaine,
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Organizers of this May's GDC Canada event in Vancouver, BC have confirmed the first social
game and iPhone lectures for the event, with speakers from Zynga (Farmville), iPhone
experts IUGO, and Diner Dash creator Nick Fortugno discussing major emerging markets.
Registration is now open for the event at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which talkes place on
May 6th and 7th -- with early,
reduced-price passes only available until the end of March.
This year, new tracks will focus on more hot games industry topics including digital
distribution, social games, and iPhone games.
Some of the initially announced highlights for these vital tracks, many of which are bringing
major creators to speak to the Canadian market for the first time, are as follows:
- In 'Building Social
Games: Games at the Speed of Light', Zynga VP and Farmville GM Bill Mooney discusses
how "The social gaming market is exploding - viral propagation across the world, low barriers to
entry which create agile competitors, and a rapidly changing and imperfectly understood
marketplace." In this key lecture, Mooney "walks through key learnings from his time making
[major] Zynga franchises Mafia Wars and FarmVille."
- A lectures called 'A Tale of 14 Apps:
IUGO's App Store Journey' sees Sarah Thomson, business development director of the Toy
Bot Diaries and Zombie Attack! iPhone game creator discuss "what is working on the
App Store and what isn’t, what factors, internal and external, contribute to an app’s
success or failure."
- Presenting a lecture called 'The Art of
Conversion: How to Manage Players through Your Game Service', Playmatics co-founder Nick
Fortugno (lead designer of casual smash Diner Dash) and Media Shifters' Andrew Mayer
will discuss new digital models of monetizing game players, including "converting platform users
into game players, converting players into viral advocates, and, most importantly, converting
your user base into paying customers."
The event will also once again host tracks about game design, business and production,
programming, and visual arts. GDC Canada, presented by Reboot Communications and this website's
parent the UBM Techweb Game Network, will also host evening networking events, as well as an expo
hall.
More information on the 2010 GDC Canada event, including pricing specifics, lectures announced to
date and registration deadlines, are available on the
official GDC Canada website.
La naissance du groupe Avencall veut répondre à la "montée en puissance de
la VoIP et du logiciel libre dans les grandes entreprises." Le groupe Avencall renforce son
pôle R&D en créant une filiale au Canada. En France, il est basé à
Paris et à Lyon.
La naissance du groupe Avencall veut répondre à la "montée en puissance de
la VoIP et du logiciel libre dans les grandes entreprises." Le groupe Avencall renforce son
pôle R&D en créant une filiale au Canada. En France, il est basé à
Paris et à Lyon.
Il est temps à présent de s'attaquer à la partie la plus sensible du sujet :
comment partager des données anonymement. Nous verrons ici qu'il est tout à fait
possible d'être anonyme grâce à la décentralisation et au chiffrement
des données. Les réseaux existants (Bittorrent, eDonkey2000, etc.) n'ayant pas
été prévu dans cette optique, il nous faudra en utiliser de nouveaux. Le
point fort de certains logiciels présentés est de combiner un réseau
existant avec un réseau décentralisé, de sorte que les nouveaux
réseaux mis en place ne pêchent pas par leur manque de choix.
Je vous rappelle qu'il est interdit d'utiliser ces logiciels à des fins
illégales (piratage, contrefaçon ou toute autre activité étant
considérée hors-la-loi par les lois en vigueur dans votre pays de
résidence). Vous pouvez toutefois les utiliser pour toutes autres utilisations
privées, ou pour télécharger des données libres.
Il faut être un minimum honnête avec les créateurs qu'on
apprécie. Si vous aimez un disque, un film ou un jeux, achetez-le, allez aux concerts ou
au cinéma. Internet permet un accès à une culture gigantesque, et la moindre
des choses est d'encourager ceux qui vous font plaisir. Outre l'honnêteté, ayez
à l'esprit que c'est vous seul qui êtes responsable si un artiste arrête de
produire car il ne gagne plus assez.
Bittorrent : OneSwarm, un début prometteur
Mis en place en 2002, le protocole de peer-to-peer (P2P) Bittorrent a connu un succès
fulgurant, notamment pour les raisons suivantes :
Vitesses de téléchargement nettement supérieures à celles
atteintes par les autres réseaux P2P (quelques
explications), notamment grâce à un système de « récompense
» (plus on envoie vite, plus reçoit vite) assez agressif.
Nombre de fakes (fichier dont le contenu ne correspond pas au nom) réduit grâce
à la centralisation des liens sur les trackers et l'impossibilité de renommer un
fichier partagé.
De nombreuses distributions Linux ont alors pu être distribuées de cette
façon. Le protocole étant ouvert, de nombreux logiciels clients sont apparus, les
plus célèbre étant µTorrent, Azureus (Vuze) ou Deluge. Une
première avancée fut l'arrivée du chiffrement des données :
impossible alors pour le FAI de détecter que les données transitant étaient
de l'échange de fichier. Restait un problème majeur : la centralisation des
adresses IP des utilisateurs sur les trackers. Il suffit de se connecter à ce tracker pour
connaître toutes les personnes partageant ce fichier. Qui plus est, de nombreux sites
(notamment les trackers privés) gardent des logs assez complets, permettant de
déterminer qui a partagé quoi (voir par exemple l'affaire de SnowTiger).
Récemment, OpenBittorrent (ainsi que PublicBT ou encore Torrage), un
tracker Bittorrent ouvert à tous, a été lancé. L'idée est
tellement simple qu'on se demande pourquoi elle n'a pas été appliquée avant.
Habituellement, lorsque vous recherchez un fichier, vous devez naviguer sur le site du tracker
(The Pirate Bay, Demonoid, SnowTiger...), voire sur un méta-moteur (Btjunkie,
Mininova...). L'inconvénient est que le serveur qui gère les connexions Bittorrent
est lié au serveur de recherche de fichiers. Si le serveur de recherche de fichiers tombe
sous le coup de la justice, il entraine celui qui gère les connexions et les torrents sont
perdus. OpenBittorrent est un tracker public, et ne détient aucune information sur les
fichiers dont il se fait le relai. Chacun peut, lorsqu'il crée son torrent, ajouter le
tracker OpenBittorrent et utiliser sa bande passante pour les connexions. Juridiquement parlant,
il est très difficile de condamner ce tracker car :
Il ne pourra matériellement pas garder des logs détaillés.
Il ne pourra effectuer aucune censure ou filtrage vu qu'il ne détiendra aucune
information sur les fichiers qui lui sont ajoutés.
Il n'est lié d'aucune façon avec les personnes qui l'utilisent.
La partie la plus sensible vis-à-vis de la loi, c'est-à-dire l'indexation des
fichiers, est donc dissociée de tout serveur gérant les connexions. Si un moteur de
recherche de fichiers torrent doit fermer, cela n'aura aucun impact sur la santé du
réseau car d'autres moteurs de recherches existent. En théorie, OpenBittorrent
serait donc intouchable juridiquement... De plus, le service d'indexation des fichiers n'a aucune
information sur les données que vous avez partagées. Un « miroir » de
OpenBittorrent a été mis en place, il s'agit de PublicBT.
Plus fort que Openbittorrent, BitTorrent
Hydra est un tracker ouvert qui utilise le réseau Tor pour faire transiter les
requêtes. Grâce à l'anonymat fournit par Tor, il est impossible de savoir
où se situe ce tracker. Attention, cela fournit un anonymat au tracker, pas aux
utilisateurs.
Notons aussi l'existence de proxys spécialisés dans le trafic Bittorrent, comme
superchargemytorrent. Moyennant quelques euros, le
serveur servira de passerelle pour vos téléchargements, chiffrant par la même
occasion l'entièreté du flux. Il suffit de configurer le proxy dans les
paramètres de votre client Bittorrent.
Lancé récemment, OneSwarm est un
logiciel libre basé sur Azureus. Entièrement compatible avec le réseau
Bittorrent, il utilise également son propre réseau totalement chiffré et
décentralisé. Un fichier téléchargé sur le réseau
Bittorrent classique sera automatiquement mis en partage sur le réseau de OneSwarm, de
sorte qu'il soit disponible sans passer par le tracker. A l'instar de I2P ou Freenet, chaque
utilisateur joue également le rôle de passerelles entre les autres utilisateurs. Il
est donc impossible de savoir d'où viennent réellement les données,
où elles vont et ce qu'elles sont réellement (car chiffrées de
bout-en-bout). L'intérêt majeur de OneSwarm est de pouvoir pratiquer le friend-to-friend (F2F) : on ne se connecte alors
qu'à des personnes de confiance, ce qui rend l'utilisateur invisible sur le réseau
hors de son cercle d'ami.
OneSwarm est encore un peu jeune et n'est pas exempt de bugs. Cependant, il est activement
développé ce qui augure de très bonnes choses pour la suite
Installation et configuration
Note du 10 mars 2010 : depuis la rédaction de cet article, le logiciel a fortement
évolué. Référez-vous au site officiel pour plus de détails.
OneSwarm est open-source et
disponible pour Windows, Linux et Mac OS (Java est requis). Après installation (une simple
décompression du fichier compressé sous Linux), lancez l'exécutable et vous
verrez apparaître l'interface dans votre navigateur Web. A ce sujet, il semble que
ça ne fonctionne pas trop avec Internet Explorer, à vérifier. En
l'état, il n'est possible que d'utiliser le réseau Bittorrent classique. Vous
pourrez ajouter des fichiers .torrent comme vous le faisiez avec d'autres logiciels.
Pour utiliser le réseau chiffré anonyme, il vous faudra ajouter des amis dans votre
liste. Si vous n'avez pas d'amis, cliquez sur Add Friend et choisissez l'option « Subscribe
to a friend feed from a community server ». Configurez comme sur la figure ci-dessous, et
des amis vous seront ajoutés automatiquement. Cette liste sera régulièrement
mise-à-jour, et vous pourrez à tout moment ajouter d'autres serveurs. Vous noterez
que lors de l'ajout d'amis, l'option « Limited » est cochée par défaut.
En fait, un ami ajouté avec cette option ne pourra pas voir votre liste de fichiers. C'est
donc fondamental pour la sécurité d'enlever ce statut limité aux personnes
de confiance uniquement.
OneSwarm - Ajout d'amis
OneSwarm - Configuration d'un community server
Vous pouvez également ajouter ajouter un ami manuellement, grâce à l'option
« Add friends manually using public keys ». OneSwarm fonctionne sur le principe de
chiffrement asymétrique. Vous échangez votre clé publique avec celle de
votre ami, et le tour est joué.
OneSwarm - Ajout manuel d'amis
Il est tout de même conseillé d'avoir quelques amis pouvant accéder à
vos données, de manière à ce que vos fichiers puissent également
être partagés. OneSwarm gère également les groupes d'amis via «
More actions → Manage visibility ». Vous pourrez alors partager
certains fichiers avec un groupe en particulier uniquement.
Après avoir ajouté des amis, il vous suffit de faire une recherche dans le champ
dédié. Le choix est encore un peu maigre, mais les dernières
nouveautés arrivent assez vite compte tenu de l'utilisation parallèle du
réseau Bittorrent.
eMule : utilisation de I2P avec iMule
Apparu en 2000, le réseau eDonkey2000 (sur lequel se base eMule) est un réseau encore largement
utilisé pour le partage de fichiers. Son succès est dû principalement au
grand choix de fichiers disponibles. En effet, contrairement au réseau Bittorrent
centré sur le partage d'un nombre limité de fichiers, le réseau eDonkey2000
permet :
Le partage d'une grande quantité de fichiers, avec un système poussé de
gestion de file d'attente.
Une vitesse moindre. Si cela semble être un handicap, en pratique l'utilisateur
laissera un fichier plus longtemps en partage.
Une décentralisation des données, car les utilisateurs n'ont pas besoin de se
connecter à un tracker unique pour être mis en relation. Cependant, on trouve plus
facilement des fakes, car il suffit de renommer un fichier.
Un outil de recherche intégré au logiciel
Le plus célèbre des logiciels supportant le protocole eDonkey2000, eMule, propose
deux réseaux pouvant fonctionner de manière indépendante ou en
parallèle. Tout d'abord le réseau eDonkey2000 classique, pour lequel des serveurs
permettent de mettre en relation les utilisateurs et centraliser la liste des fichiers
partagés par toutes les personnes connectées. Ensuite le réseau Kademlia, où les serveurs sont inutiles car
les utilisateurs font également office de « mini-serveurs » pour mettre en
relation les utilisateurs connus.
eMule étant un logiciel libre, de nombreux MOD sont apparus (versions d'eMule
modifiées apportant certaines options). Parmi eux, aMule a été porté
sous Linux, puis a servi d'inspiration pour iMule.
iMule utilise un troisième réseau pour partager les fichiers : le réseau
I2P.
Tout comme pour Kademlia, les utilisateurs servent de relai pour mettre en relation les
utilisateurs, mais ils servent également de relai pour faire transiter les données
d'une personne à l'autre (comme OneSwarm). Cependant, il semble qu'il ne soit pas possible
(pour le moment) d'utiliser iMule comme un client eMule classique, en parallèle de son
utilisation sur le réseau I2P.
Je n'ai, à ce jour, pas encore testé iMule (il vous faut une distribution
récente ou Windows, ce que je n'ai pas). Le site du créateur est assez lent, et il
n'est pas rare qu'il soit injoignable. Parcourez le forum de I2P, vous y trouverez surement un sujet
parlant de la dernière
version en date et des liens pour la télécharger.
Direct Download, ou DDL (RapidShare, MegaUpload...) : toujours tranquille ?
Apparus récemment, les sites de partage de fichiers volumineux ont rapidement
été détournés pour le partage illégal de fichiers. En effet,
contre quelques euros par mois, ces sites proposent une vitesse de téléchargement
inégalable en P2P, tout en assurant l'anonymat des utilisateurs. Cependant, il persiste
plusieurs inconvénients :
Le prix de l'abonnement : même faible, il n'est pas nul. De plus, il faudra faire un
choix parmi les nombreux sites existants, et les limitations sont excessives si on n'est pas
abonné.
Trouver un fichier en particulier n'est pas toujours chose facile, car il existe de
nombreuses « boards » (sites où sont centralisés les liens).
Sur plainte d'un éditeur, un fichier sera purement et simplement supprimé des
serveurs, et il faudra attendre que quelqu'un veuille bien le remettre.
La centralisation des informations : pour trouver un fichier, on devra d'abord s'inscrire sur
une board pour avoir accès à la liste des fichiers proposés (les IP sont
très souvent enregistrées). Ensuite, payer l'abonnement au site de partage pour
télécharger dans de bonnes conditions (utilisation d'une carte de crédit
→ très facile de retrouver son propriétaire). Si pour
l'instant, ces sites promettent de ne pas stocker les logs permettant de savoir qui a
téléchargé quoi, qui sait ce qui se passera dans le futur.
Pour celui qui en a les moyens, RapidShare et ses équivalents sont très pratiques
une fois que les boards intéressantes ont été trouvées.
Malheureusement, ceci implique de laisser de nombreuses traces de son passage, et rien ne dit
qu'à l'avenir les utilisateurs ne soient pas inquiétés. N'oublions pas
qu'aucun de ces services n'est hébergé dans un pays laxiste en matière de
piratage (RapidShare est basé en Allemagne, MegaUpload aux USA...), donc un minimum de
collaboration des forces de police pourrait faire mal.
L'ancêtre : Usenet
Usenet est l'ancêtre de nos forums, et
est apparu en 1979, soit bien avant le World Wide Web. Il est articulé autour du principe
de « groupes de discussions » (ou newsgroups) : un groupe de discussion est
un groupe rassemblant les articles d'un sujet précis, ces articles étant
stockés sur des serveurs communicant ensemble. S'il est possible de déposer des
articles sur ces serveurs, ils est également possible d'y déposer des fichiers.
Moins populaire que les logiciels de P2P, cette méthode est toujours utilisée par
quelques irréductibles qui apprécient les vitesses de téléchargement
élevées et l'anonymat relatif.
Cependant, qui dit serveur centralisant les fichiers, dit service payant. Pour avoir accès
à ces newsgroups, il faudra s'abonner chez un fournisseur proposant plusieurs offres dont
le prix varie en fonction du volume de transfert alloué. Notons que certains FAI, comme
Free, proposent un service de newsgroup inclus dans l'abonnement.
Installation et configuration
Après avoir pris un abonnement chez un fournisseur (par exemple Giganews), vous devrez choisir parmi les nombreux newsreader. Choisissez-en
un qui gère facilement les fichiers, car ce n'est pas le cas de tous (rappelons
qu'à la base, Usenet est fait pour l'échange d'articles, pas le
téléchargement de fichiers). Parmi ceux qui reviennent souvent, GrabIt sous Windows et Pan
sous Linux. La configuration du logiciel varie de l'un à l'autre, mais reste assez facile
: vous aurez besoin de l'adresse du serveur du fournisseur, du port, de votre nom d'utilisateur
et mot de passe. Ensuite, partez à la recherche des fichiers NZB (ce sont les fichiers
rassemblant les informations qui permettent de télécharger les différentes
parties du fichier désiré) sur les moteurs de recherches comme Binsearch, Newzleech ou
MegaNZB. Une fois sauvé, ouvrez le NZB avec votre
logiciel, et le tour est joué.
Un VPN pour cacher son IP
Déjà présenté dans un précédent
article, l'utilisation d'un VPN vous permettra de masquer votre adresse IP, que ce soit lors
de l'utilisation du P2P ou du direct download, tout en conservant une vitesse de
téléchargement correcte. Outre le fait qu'il faille faire confiance aux
propriétaires de ce VPN concernant les données et logs conservés, le
paiement de ce service entrainera irrémédiablement des traces de votre passage.
Les réseaux alternatifs
En marge des réseaux de P2P les plus connus que sont Bittorrent et eDonkey2000, de
nombreux réseaux parallèles ont vu le jour. Historiquement pionnier dans le
domaine, GNUnet est un logiciel de P2P
conçu pour résister à la censure : chiffrement bout-à-bout,
décentralisation des données, utilisateurs servant de relais pour brouiller les
pistes, friend-to-friend, etc. Toutes ces recettes ont été reprises dans OneSwarm,
ou dans d'autres logiciels comme Ants P2P ou
MUTE.
Malgré la grande qualité des idées fondamentales de ces projets, ces
réseaux pêchent par le manque de choix, et par un développement nettement
moins actif que OneSwarm. La dernière version de Ants P2P date de 2007, celle de MUTE de
2008, et aucun développement ne semble être prévu. Le développement de
GNUnet est plus actif, mais mon dernier essai s'est soldé par un échec car le
logicel ne semblait pas très stable.
Les solutions hybrides
Et si nous pouvions combiner les avantages du P2P (décentralisation, recherche
aisée, choix) avec ceux du téléchargement direct (rapidité et
anonymat) ? Séduisant n'est-ce pas ? C'est ce que proposent des proxys Bittorrent comme
Furk, Torrent Relay ou même ImageShack (ce dernier nécessite une inscription pour voir
apparaitre l'option). Le proxy se charge de télécharger le fichier à votre
place, et quand cela est fait il ne vous reste plus qu'à le récupérer comme
un téléchargement classique. Les connexions sont évidemment
sécurisées, les taux de téléchargement très bons et vous
évitez les éventuels filtrage par votre FAI. Notons que Furk garde sur ses serveurs
les fichiers déjà téléchargés par d'autres utilisateurs, et
vous y donne accès gratuitement (avec des restrictions sur la vitesse, cependant). Tout
cela est bien évidemment payant, avec les risques que cela comporte.
Je ne suis cependant sceptique quant à la légalité de la chose... Si les
sites habituels de DDL comme RapidShare peuvent avoir un fond de commerce tout à fait
légal, ces sites ne sont là principalement que pour faciliter le
téléchargement d'Å“uvre protégées. Ce n'est d'ailleurs
pas pour rien qu'il sont situés au Canada ou aux Pays-Bas, pays plus laxistes en la
matière. J'ai donc de gros doutes sur leur pérennité.
Conclusion : peer-to-peer ou direct download, que choisir ?
Impossible de donner une réponse précise, car comme nous l'avons vu chaque
méthode a ses avantages et ses inconvénients. Tentons de faire un petit
récapitulatif...
Les avantages du peer-to-peer :
Une décentralisation des données, rendant difficile l'élimination des
fichiers mis en partage.
Une visibilité temporaire : dès qu'on ne partage plus le fichier, on disparait
de la liste des utilisateurs (mais gare aux trackers privés Bittorrent gardant des logs
détaillés). Cependant, il faut tempérer cette « visibilité
» : si toutes les personnes téléchargeant un fichier peuvent connaitre votre
adresse IP, il leur faudra intenter une action en justice pour mettre un nom dessus. Notons que
grâce aux nouveaux réseaux, cette visibilité devient quasi nulle.
Une notion de partage et de communauté plus forte : l'utilisateur n'est pas un simple
consommateur, il peut partager avec les autres membres ce qu'il apprécie.
Un service gratuit.
Les inconvénients du peer-to-peer :
L'introduction de fakes est plus ou moins aisée (très facile dans le cas
d'eMule, plus difficile dans le cas de Bittorrent).
Une vitesse pas toujours au rendez-vous.
Les risques juridiques plus élevés : en mettant à disposition des autres
utilisateurs du contenu non-libre de droit, des sanctions supplémentaires sont à
craindre. On est largement hors du cadre de la « copie privée ». Notons que
les condamnations ont toujours été faites sur base de la mise à disposition
illégale de contenu.
Les avantages du direct download :
Une vitesse maximale.
Un anonymat relatif : seuls les responsables du site ou newsgroup sur lequel vous
téléchargez savent ce que vous faites.
Très peu de fakes, car les liens sont référencés sur des boards
où les participants n'ont aucun intérêt à donner de faux liens aux
autres, sous peine d'être rapidement éjectés.
Les risques juridiques moindres car vous n'avez pas mis en partage vos données.
Les inconvénients du direct download :
Un service payant.
Des traces nombreuses, au risque qu'elles soient permanentes, rendant votre identification
facile et la liste de vos actions aisément consultable.
Un contenu susceptible de disparaitre des serveurs en cas de plainte de l'ayant-droit.
Pour le moment, les solutions payantes semblent les plus sures d'un point de vue juridique : ne
partageant rien vous-même, vous risquez moins que si vous mettez à disposition des
données. Cependant, ces solutions sont aussi les plus jeunes, contrairement aux
utilisateurs des réseaux P2P qui ont déjà subi plusieurs attaques des
ayants-droits (voir par exemple le
jugement de cette américaine). Rien ne dit que la facilité avec laquelle vos
téléchargements peuvent être listés ne se retournera pas contre vous
un jour ou l'autre...
Billet original de Marty.Votez pour cet article sur le Planet Libre.
C’était enfin mon tour. J’avais été choisie. Je prononcerais le
salut au drapeau. La main sur le cÅ“ur, je devais réciter les vers que
j’avais entendus à tous les vendredis midis depuis que je fréquentais
l’école Saint-Victor. Et que j’avais répétés avec une
ferveur toute juvénile : Drapeau de ma province Salut ! / À toi mon respect, ma
fidélité, mon amour / Vive ma province / Vive son drapeau ! À la suite de ce
serment patriotique, nous entonnions le O Canada ! Ne riez pas, c’est la pure
vérité. Si les choix politiques de toute une génération sont confus
aujourd'hui ...
J’avais été choisie pour prononcer le salut au drapeau. En évitant
soigneusement les crevasses du trottoir, je marchais vers la maison en répétant ces
vers. Je n’avais pas très faim. Jusqu’à ce que je découvre que
Maman avait préparé ces croquettes de saumon.
Croquettes ou palets de saumon pour les soirs pressés
10 à 12 croquettes
LES INGRÉDIENTS
225 g de saumon en conserve
1 tasse de pommes de terre, cuites et écrasées
1 oeuf battu légèrement
Sel d’oignon, au goût
Sel, poivre, au goût
Chapelure de pain sec
Sel
Paprika hongrois
Huile de canola ou huile d’olive
LA PRÉPARATION
Dans un bol, déposer le saumon. Écraser les petits os. Ajouter les pommes de terre
et l’oeuf. Avec les mains, modeler des croquettes.
Mêler ensemble la chapelure, le sel et le paprika. Enrober les croquettes avec la
chapelure.
Dans un poêlon, chauffer 3 c. à soupe d’huile de canola, ou d’huile
d’olive. Faites dorer les croquettes des deux côtés.
Servir chaud avec des asperges grillées ou des haricots verts et une belle salade verte
craquante.
UN SECRET
Ces croquettes sont délirantes lorsqu'elles sont trempées dans le ketchup Heinz.
C'est comme ça, et pas autrement. Je sais. Asperges et ketchup Heinz, c'est une
association plutôt insolite.
Organizers of this May's GDC Canada event in Vancouver, BC have confirmed the first social
game and iPhone lectures for the event, with speakers from Zynga (Farmville), iPhone experts
IUGO, and Diner Dash creator Nick Fortugno discussing major emerging markets. Registration is now
open for the event at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which talkes place on May 6th and 7th --
with early, reduced-price passes only available until the end of March. This year, new ...
In anticipation of the upcoming immigration marches, Media Matters for America has
compiled a review of the hateful and outrageous right-wing rhetoric surrounding the immigration
debate in 2006.
Right-wing rhetoric: Immigrant-rights marchers, immigrants are seeking to
reclaim the Southwest for Mexico
"Reconquista" is a discredited smear used by the right to generate fear of Latino
immigrants. During the 2006 immigration debate, right-wing media repeatedly advanced the
discredited smear that Mexican-Americans and Mexican citizens -- particularly "illegal
aliens" -- are plotting to take over the U.S. Southwest for Mexico.
Dobbs referred to potential "army" of "illegal alien" "invaders" taking over
Southwest. During an April 2006 broadcast of his now-defunct CNN show, Lou Dobbs introduced a
report by stating: "There are some Mexican citizens and some Mexican-Americans who want to see
California, New Mexico and other parts of the Southwestern United States given over to Mexico.
These groups call it the reconquista, Spanish for reconquest. And they view the millions of
Mexican illegal aliens in particular entering the United States as potentially an army of
invaders to achieve that takeover." Correspondent Christine Romans reported, "Long downplayed as
a theory of the radical ethnic fringe, the la reconquista, the reconquest, the reclamation, the
return, it's resonating with some on the streets," and went on to say: "A lot of open borders
groups disavow it completely. But the growing street protests in favor of illegal immigration,
Lou, are increasingly taking on the tone of that very radicalism." [CNN's Lou Dobbs
Tonight,
4/31/06]
CNN reporter referenced "the Vicente Fox Aztlan tour," used "Aztlan" graphic sourced to
hate group.Lou Dobbs Tonight correspondent Casey Wian characterized
then-Mexican President Vicente Fox's trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, as a "Mexican military
incursion" and claimed that "[y]ou could call" Fox's trip to the United States "the Vicente Fox
Aztlan tour." During Wian's report, CNN featured a graphic of "Aztlan" that was sourced to the
Council of Conservative Citizens -- an organization whose "Statement
of Principles" reads: "We also oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind, to promote
non-white races over the European-American people through so-called 'affirmative action' and
similar measures, to destroy or denigrate the European-American heritage, including the heritage
of the Southern people, and to force the integration of the races." [Lou Dobbs Tonight,
5/23/06]
Malkin: "[T]he vast majority of mainstream Hispanic politicians" embrace "the
intellectual underpinnings of reconquista." On Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor,
columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin declared that protesters in Los Angeles were "people who
believe that the American southwest belongs to Mexico, that we don't have a right to enforce our
borders, and who do nothing more than try to sabotage our sovereignty." Malkin later added that
"the kind of quote-unquote 'pride' that a lot of these illegal alien activists are touting now
goes much further than just being proud about one's heritage and one's roots. The idea, the
intellectual underpinnings of reconquista, are embraced by the vast majority of mainstream
Hispanic politicians." [Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, 3/30/06]
Wash. Times editorial: Protesters approve of "reconquista" agenda. A
Washington Times editorial accused Latinos who protested against a proposal to restrict
immigration of either supporting or having given "tacit approval" to the "reconquista" agenda of
"Hispanic radicals," which the editorial said was the "reconquering of Mexican land lost during
the Mexican-American war." [The Washington Times, 3/30/06]
Fox's Gibson suspicious that Latino advocacy groups are set on "retaking old Mexico
territories ... by pure birth rate." While saying that he was citing an internal email
from the National Council of La Raza, John Gibson claimed on his
Fox News show that he was suspicious that advocacy groups like the NCLR favor "the so-called
reconquista," which Gibson described as the "retaking of old Mexico territories, which are now
part of the United States, by pure birth rate." Gibson also asserted that the NCLR "is a group
dedicated to the betterment of the race," adding, "good, but try being American while you are at
it, guys." [Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson, 4/3/06]
O'Reilly: Purported immigrant protest "organizers" have hidden "hardcore militant agenda"
to take back American Southwest. On his radio show, O'Reilly said that the "organizers"
of immigrant rallies have a "hardcore militant agenda of 'You stole our land, you bad gringos.' "
O'Reilly said that the "slogan" of the demonstrations' organizers was "[W]e didn't cross the
border, the border crossed us," and that this meant that the organizers believed that Americans
"stole [their] land." The organizers' hidden "agenda underneath," said O'Reilly, was that "now,
we're going to take it back by massive, massive migration into the Southwest." [Westwood One's
The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 5/1/06]
Buchanan: "Chicano chauvinists and Mexican agents" want to "take back through demography
and culture what their ancestors lost through war." In his book, State of Emergency:
The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, published in August 2006, MSNBC
contributor Pat Buchanan wrote: "Chicano chauvinists and Mexican agents have made clear their
intent to take back through demography and culture what their ancestors lost through war." He
also wrote that the United States must keep "Americans of European descent" from becoming the
"minority" in order to "survive[]." [State of Emergency (Thomas Dunne Books)]
Malkin: "[W]e saw ... that supposed fringe" that favors reconquista "come out into the
mainstream." O'Reilly said to Malkin, "So I know that there's an undercurrent of
militancy that says, 'Hey, this is our territory. You stole it from us in the Mexican-American
War. We're going to take it back now by illegal immigration.' But I think that's a fringe, nutty
group, not the mass of millions that we have." Malkin replied: "Well, I guess I disagree with you
there, Bill, because I mean, we saw in April and May of this year [2006] that supposed fringe
come out into the mainstream. And it wasn't just a dozen folks who are ensconced in the ivory
tower who believe that the Southwest is Aztlan and it belongs to them." O'Reilly later asked her:
"You think that this massive immigration to the United States, 15 million strong, is a part of a
plan to bring back territory to Mexico?" Malkin responded: "Well, I take the Mexican government
at its word when it says that is exactly its plan." [The O'Reilly Factor, 8/23/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Immigrant rights marchers are "racis[t]"
Malkin: "[M]ilitant racism from another protected minority group was on full display"
from "Latino supremacists." In her syndicated column, Malkin wrote of immigration rallies,
"Well, this weekend, militant racism from another protected minority group was on full display.
But you wouldn't know it from press accounts that whitewashed or buried the protesters' virulent
anti-American hatred." Malkin also wrote: "Apologists are quick to argue that Latino supremacists
are just a small fringe faction of the pro-illegal immigration movement (never mind that their
ranks include former and current Hispanic politicians from L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to
former California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cruz Bustamante)." [Creators Syndicate
column,
3/29/06]
Savage: "[B]rown supremacists" are "behind these protests." On his nationally
syndicated radio show, Michael Savage said: "So, it seems to me that there's a certain group of
immigrants that's not very happy and they're all Hispanic. I don't see any other racial group out
there in the streets, do you? Now, that's very interesting. I'm not allowed to raise the issue or
the specter of brown supremacists behind these protests. Don't tell me this is all about
compassion for immigrants, because it is not at all only about compassion for immigrants. They
are trying to provoke the takeover of the United States of America." [Talk Radio Network's
The Savage Nation, 4/11/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Pro-immigration marchers should be arrested or deported
Fox's Asman wondered whether marches are a perfect chance to "round up these lawbreakers
and ship them out." Guest-hosting Fox News' Your World, David Asman discussed
nationwide protests of immigration reform and wondered: "With so many illegals hitting the
streets, is this the perfect time to round up these lawbreakers and ship them out?" As Asman
spoke, the on-screen text read: "Round 'Em Up?" Later, the text read: "Perfect Chance to Arrest
Illegal Immigrants?" [Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, 4/10/06]
Smerconish: "[L]aw enforcement ought to step in" at immigration demonstrations and
consider "gathering ... up" undocumented immigrants. Guest-hosting MSNBC's
Scarborough Country, Philadelphia-based radio host Michael Smerconish suggested that
"maybe law enforcement ought to step in" at pro-immigration demonstrations and consider
"gathering ... up" undocumented immigrants. Smerconish wondered why there was "zero discussion"
of "gathering them up" at the demonstrations, when "[a]ll I keep hearing is how would we ever
find them?" [MSNBC's Scarborough Country, 4/10/06]
Doocy suggested "round[ing] them up right then, when they're saying, 'Hey, I'm right
here.' " On Fox & Friends, syndicated radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller
announced that he was "having a big rally here in Chicago" for a "group" that he said was
"pro-illegal murder and illegal car thieves." Muller added: "We're just getting together, and
we're going to be out on the street. We're for illegal murder and illegal car thievery. So, we
just like illegal stuff." Muller added: "I just like illegal murder and illegal car thieves. So,
you know, it's illegal, but -- and, in fact, all the people who have done it are going to be out
there on the street, and hopefully, none of the cops will come arrest us." Co-host Steve Doocy
then said: "Yeah, you wouldn't want to round them up right then, when they're saying, 'Hey, I'm
right here.' " [Fox News' Fox & Friends, 4/3/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Stoking fears over displays of the Mexican flag
Media figures attacked Mexican-flag wavers, but not those waving Irish, Italian, or
Israeli flags. Following immigration rallies, media figures criticized demonstrators for carrying Mexican
flags, but the same media figures had not complained about people waving other nations' flags,
such as Irish flags at St. Patrick's Day events, Italian flags at Columbus Day events, or Israeli
flags at Israel Day events. Some commentators even dismissed the comparison. For instance,
National Review editor Rich Lowry
called the Mexican-flag waving "more ominous" than the St. Patrick's Day or Columbus Day
displays.
Savage: "[B]urn the Mexican flag!" On his radio show, Savage urged his listeners
to "burn the Mexican flag" in opposition to undocumented immigrants, telling them to "[b]urn a
Mexican flag for America, burn a Mexican flag for those who died that you should have a
nationality and a sovereignty, go out in the street and show you're a man, burn 10 Mexican flags,
if I could recommend it. Put one in the window upside down and tell them to go back where they
came from! And if that's a little to xenophobic for you, ask yourself why the xenophobes from
Mexico wave their flag in your country." [The Savage Nation, 3/27/06]
Fox News: Waving Mexican flag shows "antagonistic edge," waving U.S. flag "just a cover"
and "a ploy to win America's support." Asman cited demonstrators' use of Mexican flags
as evidence of "an antagonistic edge" and suggested that the use of U.S. flags and signs written
in English at pro-immigration demonstrations was "just a cover" by the demonstrators to conceal
their "real intention, which is to keep things as normal among illegal immigrants in the
country." Similarly, Neil Cavuto suggested that the pro-immigration demonstrators' U.S. flags
were "just a prop" and "just a ploy to win America's support." [Your World with Neil
Cavuto, 4/10/06; 4/11/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Immigration is an "invasion"
Buchanan: Illegal immigration is "an invasion of the United States of America" and "[t]he
whole world is coming." On MSNBC's Hardball, Buchanan claimed that the influx
of undocumented immigrants into the United States is "not immigration" but "an invasion of the
United States of America" that is "coming not only from Mexico," but "from the whole world." He
reiterated: "The whole world is coming." [MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, 5/15/06]
Savage: "This is an invasion by any other name." Savage said, "We, the people,
are being displaced by the people of Mexico. This is an invasion by any other name. Everybody
with a brain understands that. Everybody who understands reality understands we are being pushed
out of our own country." [The Savage Nation, 3/27/06]
Buchanan: "This is an invasion, the greatest invasion in history." In State
of Emergency, Buchanan wrote of immigration: "This is an invasion, the greatest invasion in
history." He also wrote: "We are witnessing how nations perish. We are entered upon the final act
of our civilization. The last scene is the deconstruction of the nations. The penultimate scene,
now well underway, is the invasion unresisted." [State of Emergency]
Right-wing rhetoric: U.S., Mexico are in a state of "war"
Tancredo: [W]e are at war with
Mexico, in a way." On Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, WorldNetDaily.com
columnist Tom Tancredo -- then a Republican congressman from Colorado -- said, "[I]n a way, we
are at war with Mexico, in a way. I'll say it in this way: Mexico is aiding and abetting an
invasion of this country. They are part of the problem. They are doing what they are -- in fact,
they are creating situations along that border using their own military to protect drug
trafficking into the United States, pushing their own people into the United States for a variety
of reasons. It is an invasion. It is an act of aggression." [Fox News' Hannity &
Colmes, 6/26/06, transcript from the Nexis database]
Beck sidekick Gray: "[W]e are in a war with Mexico right now." Pat Gray, who is
now a co-host of Glenn Beck's radio show, appeared on Beck's then-CNN Headline News show and
claimed that "we are in a war with Mexico right now." After Beck agreed that "we better wake up
soon," Gray responded: "[O]r we're going to wake up dead." [CNN Headline News' Glenn
Beck, 9/25/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Immigrants are fundamentally altering American culture or
way of life
O'Reilly claimed to have exposed the "hidden agenda" behind the immigrant rights
movement: "the browning of America." O'Reilly claimed that during his Fox News show,
guest Charles Barron, a New York City councilman, had revealed the "hidden agenda" behind the
current immigration debate. O'Reilly told his radio listeners: "[T]he bottom line is Charles
Barron said last night is there is a movement in this country to wipe out 'white privilege' and
to have the browning of America." But in the interview, Barron at no point claimed that he and
other advocates for immigrant rights are motivated by a desire to force white Americans into the
minority -- despite O'Reilly's repeated efforts to provoke such an acknowledgment. [The Radio
Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 4/12/06]
Beck: "[I]llegal immigrants are attacking our culture, and our way of life." On
his then-CNN Headline News show, Beck said, "[A]t the very least, illegal immigrants are
attacking our culture, and our way of life. They are not melting into our melting pot -- they're
here for the cash." He later said, "I mean, we've got all these threats coming in from overseas,
but the simplest way is for us to lose the culture of the West is just to do nothing and let
illegal immigrants not melt in and take the culture away from us." [Glenn Beck, 8/24/06]
Buchanan: "They're not welcome to come here and insult the symbols of our country, and
that's what these outsiders have done." On Scarborough Country, Buchanan said
that a Spanish-language version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is "a provocation and an insult"
and that immigrants are "not welcome to come here and insult the symbols of our country, and
that's what these outsiders have done." Buchanan then said that the Spanish recording is "a good
thing in this sense: The American people are awakening to the character of these people."
[Scarborough Country, 5/1/06]
Matthews: Republicans "have a right to fear" a "cultural change" that would result in
their hometowns "becom[ing] overwhelmingly Mexican." On Hardball, Matthews
claimed that House Republicans who had passed a bill that would apparently have criminalized
undocumented immigrants, their employers, and those who provide aid to them "have a right to
fear" a "cultural change" that would result in their home states and towns "becom[ing]
overwhelmingly Mexican." Matthews was responding to a suggestion by guest Amy Goodman, host of
Democracy Now, that "the Republicans who passed the House bill" are "afraid" that the
United States will soon have "a majority Latino population." Matthews later said, "It's not my
point view necessarily," before suggesting that "90 percent of this country" agrees with the
"viewpoint" that "I didn't move to Mexico; Mexico moved to me, and I'm complaining about it."
[Hardball with Chris Matthews, 3/30/06]
O'Reilly: "[Y]ou're on a nice block ... and then the house next to you is turned into an
illegal alien Club Med." On his radio show, O'Reilly said:
You've got the folks who don't have emotion invested in it, other than the farmers down and the
ranchers down on the border are going -- as the lady just called up, [caller] -- say, look, I got
garbage in my -- on my ranch every day. I mean, I'm under siege. They have emotion invested in
it. But those of us up here don't.
Unless you live in a town, like Farmingville, Long Island -- we went over this before
-- where you bought a house, you spent a couple of hundred thousand dollars, you're on a nice
block, your kids are happy, and then the house next to you is turned into an illegal alien Club
Med. And this happens all over the country. [The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly,
3/27/06]
Buchanan: "I think what's coming is the complete balkanization of America." On
Hardball, Buchanan said, "I think what's coming is the complete balkanization of
America, and I'm afraid it's going to be by ethnicity and culture, and language, and every other
way. ... And so, then, it's not like the country you and I grew up in, Chris, whereby we were
monocultural. We were monocultural." [Hardball, 6/5/06]
O'Reilly wondered whether children of Mexican immigrants in U.S. "have any kind of
traditional value system" or are "setting up Acapulco North." On his radio show,
O'Reilly wondered whether children of legal and undocumented immigrants from Mexico who are
attending school in the United States "have any kind of traditional value system at all,
vis-à-vis what America used to be," or whether they are "taking their Mexican values,
because most of them are Mexicans, and, you know, basically setting up Acapulco North." [The
Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 8/15/06]
Buchanan: "You're going to have a giant Kosovo in the Southwest, which de facto is going
to secede." On Scarborough Country, Buchanan said: "[Y]ou cannot absorb 40 to
60 million more people. You're going to have a giant Kosovo in the Southwest, which de facto is
going to secede from this country." [Scarborough Country, 6/5/06]
Buchanan: Immigration will turn U.S. into "a polyglot boarding house for the world, a
tangle of squabbling minorities." On CNN's The Situation Room, Buchanan warned
that "[w]e'll become a polyglot boarding house for the world, a tangle of squabbling minorities."
He continued: "The problem with the immigration, basically -- let's take Mexico -- is these folks
are breaking the law, first. Secondly, they're coming in huge numbers, like no other group
before. Third, they're from a contiguous nation. Fourth, 58 percent of Mexicans believe the
Southwest belongs to them. Fifth, the Mexican government is pushing them in here, and it's got a
political and ideological agenda." [CNN's The Situation Room, 8/28/06]
Right-wing rhetoric: Immigration reform is part of plot to institute "North
American Union"
"North American Union" is an absurd conspiracy theory. Right-wing media,
including Dobbs, have obsessively warned that elements in the U.S. government are secretly
plotting to merge the United States with Mexico and Canada in a "North American Union" similar to
the European Union. During the June 21, 2006, edition of his CNN show, Dobbs stated that "the
Bush administration is pushing ahead with a plan to create a North American union with Canada and
Mexico" and later asked: "Do you think, our question is, maybe somebody should take a vote if
we're going to merge Canada, Mexico and the United States as the leaders of the three countries
are attempting to do with the security and prosperity partnership? Yes or no. Cast your vote at
LouDobbs.com." Dobbs' CNN colleague Suzanne Malveaux later described the North American Union rhetoric as
"conspiracy theor[y]." [Lou Dobbs Tonight,
6/21/06]
Corsi: "North American Union ... was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's
true open borders policy." Jerome Corsi, co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat
Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, wrote in a column that "President Bush is pursuing a
globalist agenda to create a North American Union, effectively erasing our borders with both
Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's true open borders
policy. Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically,
setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico."
[HumanEvents.com, 5/19/06]
WND's Farah linked Bush guest-worker proposal to plan by "one-worlders" to merge U.S.,
Mexico, Canada. Appearing on a radio show, WorldNetDaily founder and editor Joseph Farah
claimed that the "one-worlders" of the Council on Foreign Relations have a plan to merge the
United States, Mexico, and Canada by 2010 and suggested that Bush's proposed guest-worker program
is part of this plan. Farah said, "Sometimes, the conspiracies are right." [American Family
Radio's Today's Issues, 4/4/06]
Buchanan: Vicente Fox's "ultimate goal" is making Mexico and U.S. "basically part of the
North American Union." On Lou Dobbs
Tonight, Buchanan said, "The government of Mexico is pushing its poor and unemployed into
the United States to ease social pressure on itself. Secondly, they get $16 billion in
remittances back to Mexico. Third, it is awoken to the idea that it can reannex the American
southwest, which it used to hold, linguistically, culturally, ethnically and socially, not
militarily by pushing all these people in there and creating a gigantic fifth column in America."
Buchanan added: "The ultimate goal of Vicente Fox is the erasure of the border between the United
States and Mexico. He has said as much and to make the two basically part of the North American
Union in which Mexico will get ... a constant flow of cash from the wealthy USA and La
Reconquista is the objective." [Lou Dobbs Tonight, 9/5/06, Nexis transcript]
Charlie Angus proposes amendments to the Copyright Act that “will ensure that artists are
getting paid for their work, and that consumers aren’t criminalized for moving their
legally-obtained music from one format to another.”
The so-called “iPod tax” is resurfacing in Canada with news that New Democratic Party
MP Charlie Angus has introduced a a pair of proposals to amend the country’s Copyright Act.
One would extend the Private Copying Levy, first established back in 1997, to portable media
players like iPods. Specifically, C-499 says the tax will cover any
“device that contains a permanently embedded data storage medium, including solid state or
hard disk, designed, manufactured and advertised for the purpose of copying sound recordings,
excluding any prescribed kind of recording device.”
This would finally give consumers some much needed control over legally purchased products while
simultaneously opening up a new revenue stream for artists in the downloading age.
“Artists have a right to get paid and consumers have a right to access works,” he
says in a press release.
“This is what balanced copyright is all about. The government has declared their intention
to update the Copyright Act. If they are serious then we need to update key elements of the act
like the copying levy and fair dealing.”
The other is a “fair dealing” motion (M-506) that would allow reasonable use of
copyrighted materials for innovation, research and study.
29. Fair dealing of a copyrighted work for purposes such as research, private study, criticism,
news reporting or review, is not an infringement of copyright.
Angus said that after years of talk, it’s time parliamentarians got serious about updating
our copyright laws.
“Digital locks and suing fans are not going to prevent people from copying music from one
format to another,” he said. “The levy is a solution that works. By updating it, we
will ensure that artists are getting paid for their work, and that consumers aren’t
criminalized for moving their legally-obtained music from one format to another.”
However, the renowned Canadian academic and law professor Michael Geist, though
“supportive” of the fair dealing proposal, finds the iPod tax troubling. Why? Because
the device definition is vague enough that it could also cover smartphones and PCs.
“While the CPCC (the private copying collective) may not target all of these devices, there
is nothing in the bill that prevents them from doing so,” he says.
Geist also worries that since video recordings are not included it could mean the introduction of
a new tax at a later date, pushing it perhaps to upwards of $100 or more.
Most important of all, though a noble experiment it is, the iPod tax would only cause consumers
to purchase iPods and other devices covered by the tax outside of Canada where it didn’t
apply. As for how much it would be one can only guess, but the last time
around was in the $75 range.
The Canada’s Private Copyright Collective (CPCC) has been pushing
for a similar levy as far back as 2007, but those efforts were defeated early last year by
the country’s Federal Court of Appeals.
Les résidents canadiens ont effectué 4,2 millions de voyages
à l'extérieur du pays en janvier, en baisse de 1,5 % par
rapport au mois précédent. Le nombre de voyages à destination des
États-Unis et celui à destination des pays d'outre-mer ont tous deux baissé
par rapport à décembre.
À une cinquantaine de kilomètres au nord de Toronto, des musulmans ahmadis
bâtissent leur ville depuis dix ans, à l'écart des banlieues
traditionnelles.
À une cinquantaine de kilomètres au nord de Toronto, des musulmans ahmadis
bâtissent leur ville depuis dix ans, à l'écart des banlieues
traditionnelles.
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Longtime EA Sports VP and general manager Steve Chiang just left the company to join
social gaming giant Zynga -- and he's being replaced with new execs who also have their eyes on
the social space. Former Global Online Group leader Andrew Wilson has stepped up to head
worldwide development, and 13-year Electronic Arts veteran Pauline Moller, former general manager
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