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Just Anthony this week… and entirely his fault at that. Thankfully we had two interviews and a whole bunch of music in the can just for such an occasion. Show Notes Interview with Charlie Angus who talks about ACTA and his FB group ACTA: End the Secrecy. Interview with Mark Blevis who talks about MPs who tweet and [...]

Show Notes… Anthony is pissed off his new mic went for not due to a volume knob malfunction of his own design; pardon the occasional pop of the webcam mic which did yeoperson’s duty under adverse conditions. Full Dysclosure Wireless wonders and social media BS: Canada’s coming wireless free-for-all. WIND will buy out your ECF — WTF?!!1! (also see Andrew’s [...]

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Canada: Canada’s broadband [loading, please wait...] lag. Telefilm wants YOU! If you’re an American movie star, that is. Hey, it worked for Cronenberg… Canada can has video calling? Rogers says “me too” to DRM-free mobile music store. How Canadian MPs use Twitter – well, they’re tweeting the budget, for starters.. The Shat in The Shit. The World: Who’s afraid of open [...]

Long time listeners of the DyscultureD podcast will remember last year’s recording from Podcamp Toronto where we interviewed the guys behind Castroller after a few beverages. This year Anthony meets Andrew face-to-face in a Podcamp Toronto Drunkcast Throwdown. A muffled Mike tries to referee from Victoria (thanks to a bad hotel Skype connection) and a mysterious Podcamp [...]

Full Dysclosure Canada: CTV promises 4,800 hours of Olympic coverage… Is that even possible? At the Canadian border your laptop will be opened for inspection, but reasons why are closed to the public. Another pointless public consultation. Globalive is here to stay but our government won’t tell us why. The World: World’s best mobile browser probably not coming to iPhone anytime soon. MacWorld [...]

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Canada: Can this onion ring get more fans than Stephen Harper? Yes, yes it can. CRTC makes a rare acknowledgment of rural Canada. Content-makers in B.C. get two tax breaks. James Cameroon — wait, Cameron — hints at Avatar 2: Electric Bugaloo. Canada pwns US&A in digital music sales. Martha and the Muffins are back and we don’t care. Nelly [...]

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Canada CBC online content governed by US copyright law. Canadian Gov’t buys into the ACTA mantra. The players trying to expose the ACTA legislation worldwide. PVR owners in Canada going through the roof since 2008. Raise  your hands in air and wave’em like you’re changing channels? Canadian Coca-Cola doc getting a flat reception in Atlanta. Score: The Musical… I wouldn’t have [...]

I would have told you, before recording this special midweek DyscultureD Dyscussions podcast, that we weren’t going to speak too highly of the iPad. I was wrong. Andrew Currie and myself were right cynical bastards. You’d be well warned to bring earmuffs when listening to this one.

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Canadian against proroguing Parliament rallies contradict some Slacktivism. Canadians helping Haiti and how could we possibly be cynical about this? National Film Board’s nfb.ca has some impressive stats on its first birthday. The White House iTunes app v. Gov’t of Canada mobile site. Will Barack hide bad news behind Apple’s Tablet announcement? Have teens become the new meme [...]

Show Notes Full Dysclosure Little Trouble in Big China for Google? Canadian in Haiti rubble texts Ottawa for help. Bostonians arrested for recording police arrests. Municipalities however, want to record everything you’re doing. Some additional reasons to hate ACTA. OiNK torrent founder is not guilty of piracy in London. Rush to evolve past recording full albums. Movies So much for piracy in Canada as box [...]