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Should I change my domain to match my real name?
- No (100%)
- Yes (0%)
Total Votes: 3
Should Toronto?
- Secede from Ontario (29%)
- Privatize the TTC (6%)
- Get the Province to re-upload (41%)
- Continue cutting services (18%)
- Raise new taxes (6%)
Total Votes: 17
What should I name my new website?
- Other (22%)
- Any of the above without “Canada” (11%)
- Canada’s Blogging Parliament (17%)
- Blogging Congress of Canada (11%)
- Canadian Bloggers’ Congress (39%)
Total Votes: 18
Would you hire me?
- No (50%)
- Yes (50%)
Total Votes: 8
Should I leave the Kinsella/McLelland spat alone?
- No (60%)
- Yes (40%)
Total Votes: 10
To be honest I’m amazed this many people have voted no. I’d be curious to hear their reasoning, if they’re still around.
Comment by Joseph — January 17, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
[…] So about a week ago while I was embroiled in several debates about copyright issues here in Canada I decided to open a poll. The debates and the poll were designed with one issue in mind: to tease out what “fair use” is, and to try and determine if bloggers were within its dictates. The conclusion I reached at this point was this: when blogger’s post an entire article or other work, regardless of how much citation they offer, they are violating the copyright. My personal standard is never more than two consecutive paragraphs at a time, only material which is necessary to elucidate my own criticism/review (which is the basis of my fair dealings) and never more than 10% of the copyrighted material. I’d be curious to know how other bloggers feel about their own practises in this area; it certainly seems to me like the post linked to at the top of this one is infringing on the copyright of the Detroit Free Press… but I’m no lawyer. […]
Pingback by Canada’s Debate » Some thoughts on my poll — January 22, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
[…] Ok, so my old poll is gone. 8 people (out of 15) agreed me with when I wrote that, “what is required is a loose set of guidelines dictating how developments in the region should be approached, without specifying specific courses of action, or specific responses. These are the guidelines as I see them, and how they should be applied against specific regional actors… […]
Pingback by Canada’s Debate » Out with the old, in with the new — February 2, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
Comment by Pam — May 8, 2007 @ 8:04 pm