Category Archives: censorship

More complaining: a “warning” about Geist’s “allegations”

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Before getting back to the CRTC’s war on consumers, I’d like to make a brief mention of the strange press release issued on Monday by Xplornet concerning Geist’s ATI request and the revelations that ensued.

Michael has a full discussion of the Xplornet press release here. Though he includes the full text, he omits the most interesting part: the headline, which reads “Warning to Editors re: Allegations made by Michael Geist” (release here). Here’s the warning, or attempt at censorship, depending on your point of view:

“Reprinting this blog entry, or Geist’s allegations regarding Barrett Xplore Inc. (or Xplornet Communications Inc), represent the publication of materially misleading statements regarding our company. “ Continue reading →

Some context for Jan 27 CRTC/UBB post

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On Friday I mass-emailed dozens of my closest friends asking them to read my previous day’s post, on the forces turning Canada into a digital banana republic: the Holy Trinity of Cope, Clement and Chairman von Finckenstein.

Several friends emailed me with feedback quite different from the comments that have gone up with the post itself. They break down into three kinds of reactions:

  1. Your post is way too long; why don’t you put in a much shorter summary. Fair enough, I’m not famous for brevity, and will follow up on this suggestion. Continue reading →