1994–2005
964 posts
2005 359
December 2005
- The Start of a DRM Protection Act
- The Benefits of Copyright Reform
- Yet Another CRIA Sponsored Poll
- The Year in Canadian Tech Law From A to Z
- Canadian Tech Law in 2005 From A to Z
- That’s What Friends Are For
- France Considers Extending The Reach of Private Copying
- A Global Perspective on a Two-Tier Internet
- CRTC Shortens Wait Time for Number Portability
- CBA’s The National on Copyright Reform
- Competition Bureau Obtains Consent Decrees Against Two Spammers
- The Search for Net Neutrality
- The Search for Net Neutrality
- TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright
- Election Answers
- Election Questions
- Competing Visions of Tech Law in Canada
- Competing Visions of Tech Law in Canada
- EFF and CIPPIC Launch Online Rights Canada
- Sony Commentaries
- The Liberal Tech Law Record: 2004-05
- The Liberal Tech Law Record: 2004-05
- Is the CBC Moderating Online Forums to Stifle Criticism?
- The Sony Effect
- WiFi Visions
- LaForest Rejects Merger of Privacy and Information Commissioner Offices
November 2005
- Staying on the Sidelines of the Sony Story
- Canada’s Privacy Wake-Up Call
- Canada’s Privacy Wake-Up Call
- Government Introduces Net Pharma Legislation
- Canadian Do-Not-Call Legislation Receives Royal Assent
- The National Post on DRM
- The Notice and Takedown Effect
- Bad Timing
- CBC To Outsource Archives?
- Do-Not-Call List Bill Marches On
- The Lasting Impact of Sony’s Rootkit
- The Lasting Impact of Sony’s Rootkit
- The Court That Gets It
- Federal Court Issues Reasons for Anti-Net Hate Injunction
- Net Governance Deal May Not End Debate
- Net Governance Deal May Not End Debate
- The WSIS Deal
- The Lawful Access Spin
- The Maclean’s Story
- Facing the Facts on Internet Governance
- Facing The Facts on Internet Governance
- Sony’s Misleading “Apology”
- Lawful Access Bill Coming November 15th
- The Canadian Connection to the Sony Rootkit
- Broadcasters To Seek Judicial Review of Copyright Board Decision
- The Canadian Move Toward Open Access
- The Canadian Move Toward Open Access
- What’s At Stake
- Senate Sends Do-Not-Call Bill to Committee
- Canada’s Choice: Copyright, Culture and the Internet – The Podcast
- Sony, DRM and Canadian Law
October 2005
- Internet Connectivity in Canada
- A Revealing DRM Story
- Internet Age Advice for the CBC
- Internet Age Advice for the CBC
- On the Legislative Front
- The Real Story Behind Statscan’s Recording Industry Numbers
- Corus on the Cost of Copyright
- Do-Not-Call Bill Passes With Newspaper Exception
- Gov’t Caves To Lobbyists on Do-Not-Call Legislation
- Government Caves to Lobbyists on Do-Not-Call Legislation
- Canada’s Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Call List Goes From Bad to Worse
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Denies PATRIOT Act Complaints
- Mossberg on TPMs
- Canadian Privacy Requires Action Not Rhetoric
- Privacy Protection Requires Action Not Rhetoric
- PM’s Science Advisor Calls for Culture of Sharing
- Not Playing At A Tiny Screen Near You
- Collectives Win Big at the Copyright Board of Canada
- No Excuse to Delay Number Portability
- No Excuse to Delay Number Portability
- Australia’s High Court Delivers Some Copyright Lessons for Canada
- IFPI Reports Canadian Music Sales Up in 2005
- Coming Clean on Copyright
- Coming Clean on Copyright
September 2005
- The Onion, CRIA Edition
- In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law Published
- Positionless at WIPO
- The Long Arm of Canadian Internet Law
- The Long Arm of Canadian Internet Law
- The Canadian Path To Google Print
- Different Post, Different Outcome
- Emerson on Broadband
- Open Forum on Bill C-60
- WSIS, WIPO Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide
- WIPO, WSIS Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide
- Ontario Court of Appeal Reverses Bangoura Net Jurisdiction Decision
- Not a Feature
- The Telecom and Copyright Policy Review?
- Anti-Copyright
- CRTC Invites Comments on Number Portability
- Watch Tower Society Sues Canadian Site For Posting Religious Text
- Rights vs. Needs
- Number Portability
- Canada’s Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Call List
- Canada’s Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Call List
- Government Reportedly To Let Satellite Radio Decision Stand
- Frulla Speaks
- CRIA and Kazaa
- Kazaa and Canadian Law
- What’s The Frequency, Liza?
- Satellite Radio’s Shift From Policy to Politics
August 2005
- Access Copyright’s Beneficiaries
- In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law
- The Coming Battle Over Education and Copyright
- Canadian Education Requires More Than a Bigger Cheque
- Satellite Radio Crashes
- Emerson on Copyright
- The Lawful Access Questions
- Canada’s Big Brother Plan to Reshape the Internet
- Canada – Australia IP and Cyberlaw Conference
- Stand Up
- Broadcasters Object to Bill C-60
- Here Comes Lawful Access
- Telecom Policy Review Submissions
- Electronic Binoculars: Surveillance and the Law
- Speaking Out on the Telecom Policy Review
- Canadian Telecommunications Policy Needs New Roadmap
- The Internet & Democracy
- Under Pressure
- Canadian iPod Purchasers to Receive Levy Refund
- The Failure of Canada’s Private Copying System
- The Failure of Canada’s Private Copying System
- The CRIA Pledge
- U.S. Court Orders Rehearing on RIM Patent Jurisdictional Issues
- Collateral Damage
- Telus Breaks ISPs’ Cardinal Rule
- Telus Breaks Net Providers Cardinal Rule
July 2005
- Telus Obtains Court Order Against Site
- CRIA’s Higher Risk Strategy
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Private Copying Case
- More Music Industry Myths Exposed
- The Telus Blockade and the Law
- Busy Internet Week at the SCC
- LaForest Appointed To Review Info and Privacy Offices
- SCC Private Copying Leave Decision on Thursday
- Statistics Canada on the Canadian Movie Business
- Canada Post Commits to Continue Library Program
- Building a Privacy Culture from the Ground Up
- Building a Privacy Culture from the Ground Up
- The Future Canadian Copyright Act?
- Telus Blocks Subscriber Access to Union Website
- Special Delivery
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Rules Against Net Hate on Google Newsgroup
- More on Coldplay and Copyright
- Bill C-60 and Search Engines
- Privacy Commissioner on Secondary Marketing
- Harry Potter and the Right to Read
- Harry Potter and the Right to Read
- CBC for the Internet Age
- Unlawful Reading
- Canadian Ministers Respond to Copyright and Education Concerns
- Working Group on Internet Governance Releases Report
- CIRA Launches Governance Public Consultation
- The Potter Injunction – It Could Have Been Worse
- The Harry Potter Injunction
- Alta. Privacy Commish Rules Canadian Law Firms Infringed Privacy Law
- More on Harry Potter
- Court Orders Harry Potter Purchasers to Return Book
- The High Stakes Battle for Control of the Internet
- The Price of Canadian Heritage
- Canadian Consultation Launched on Identity Theft
- Canada Signs Cybercrime Treaty Protocol
- The Battle for Control of the Internet
- Unequal Privacy Protection
- The Public Good Pays the Price
- Electric Sky Podcast on Copyright
- CBC’s Inventing the Internet Age
- The Globe on Copyright
- Policies Old and New
- RSS Overload
- Canada Needs A National Privacy Breach Reporting Law
- Canada lags on privacy breach disclosure
June 2005
- New Look, New Functionality
- Reflecting on Grokster
- Reflecting on Grokster
- The Next Chapter of the WWW
- Industry and Heritage
- Grokster and the Future of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Canada-U.S.-Mexico Plan Raises IP, Spam and Privacy Issues
- Canadian Pay Radio Decision Appealed
- Grokster and the Future of P2P
- Bill C-60 A Missed Opportunity
- Canadian Copyright Bill a Missed Opportunity
- Canadian Copyright Bill A Missed Opportunity
- Ottawa Citizen on Bill C-60
- P2P and Privacy
- Ontario Privacy Commissioner Calls For Privacy Breach Reporting Law
- Music Industry Puts Canada on Special Focus List
- Coldplay and Copyright
- A Better Take on Dot-Ca Disputes
- Reactions to Bill C-60
- Bill C-60 User Guide: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Bill C-60 User Guide: The ISPs and Search Engines
- The Perfect Photo-Op
- Canada Introduces New Copyright Bill
- Reconciling Cancon Requirements in the Age of the Internet
- Reconciling Canadian Content Requirements in the Age of the Internet
- Canadian Library Association Endorses Open Access
- Canadian Culture and Ownership
- Copyright Reform Bill Coming Monday
- Who Supports Canadian Artists?
- Satellite Radio with a Canadian Twist
- The Copyright Reform Process
- The OECD on P2P and Record Sales
- Cancon Week
- Groundhog Day
- Domain Name Dispute Puts Dot-Ca in the Spotlight
- Privacy Law in Canada
- Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada
- Domain Name Dispute Puts Dot-Ca In The Spotlight
- Wishful Thinking
- Fact and Fiction
- CRIA’s New Take on Copyright Reform
- File Sharing and Canadian Copyright Law
- The State of File Sharing and Canadian Copyright Law
- Debating Domain Names
May 2005
- Shaw Charging for VoIP Quality of Service Enhancement
- What Part of Do-Not-Call Does the Government Not Understand?
- File Sharing Decision States the Case For Privacy
- File Sharing Decision States the Case for Privacy
- We’re Number…Five?
- Canada’s Upcoming Copyright Clash
- Canada’s Upcoming Copyright Clash
- Canada’s Choice: Copyright, Culture and the Internet
- Task Force Report a Roadmap for Canning Canadian-Based Spam
- Task Force Report a Roadmap for Canning Canadian-Based Spam
- Report is a Roadmap To Canning Spam
- The Test
- Over-Dose
- Media Coverage of File Sharing Decision
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds File Sharing Decision
- Culture Imports and Exports
- Spam Task Force Delivers Report to Government
- Spam Task Force Delivers Report to Government
- The Wrong Analogy, More on the CRTC VoIP Decision
- CRTC Picks Wrong Analogy In Net Telephony Ruling
- CRTC Adopts Strong Regulatory Approach in VoIP Decision
- IP Bullied List Needed To Counter U.S. Trade and IP Linkage
- U.S. is bullying on mind property
- Five Months
- Digital Music Distribution
- Face to Face With the Great Firewall of China
- Copyrighting Science: Canadian Copyright Reform and the Future of Scientific Research
- Face to Face With The Great Firewall of China
- Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian Experience
April 2005
- E-commerce and the Law
- U.S. Government Objects to Canadian Copyright Reform Plan
- Response to the Net’s Sour Note
- Intellectual Property’s Digital Divide
- We Can Help Bridge the Digital Divide
- Tariff 22 Continues – SOCAN Seeks 25% Levy on iTunes
- As It Happens – RIM Patent Battle
- The Real Threat to the Music Download Market
- CML 3316F – Technology Law Internship: University of Ottawa Technology Law Clinic (Winter 2004)
- Electronic Commerce Law Workshop (Winter 2003 – 3 Credits)
- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law
- Watchfire, Advisory Board Member
- Public Interest Registry (dot-org), Advisory Council
- Ottawa Technology Lawyers Group, Chair, Program Committee
- Ontario Research Network for E-commerce, Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
- OCRI 45th Circuit, Advisory Board Member
- Journal of Internet Law, Editorial Board
- Internet Law and Business, Editorial Board
- Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), Editorial Board Member
- Carnegie Mellon Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society, Legal Expert Network
- Canadian IT Law Association, Director
- Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), Director
- Canadian Business Law Journal, Technology Law Editor
- Butterworths Privacy Law in Canada, Editor-in-Chief
- Butterworths Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada, Editor-in-Chief
- BNA’s E-commerce and Law Report, Editorial Board
- American Law Institute, Project on International Intellectual Property, Advisory Board
- ABA Business Law Section, Cyberspace Law Committee, Internet Jurisdiction Subcommittee Chair
- Copyright Reform and the Canadian Medical Community
- Copyright Reform and the Canadian Medical Community
- The Three Stages of Canadian Privacy Law
- Piercing the P2P Myths
- The Three Stages of Canadian Privacy Law
- Piercing the P2P Myths
- Canadian Copyright Petition Presented to Parliament
- Whither the Middleman: The Role and Future of Intermediaries in the Information Age
- Copyright vs. Freedom of the Press
- Law and the Information Society Symposium
- When Good Technology Goes Bad
- Copyright’s Convergence
- Copyright’s Convergence
- B.C. Court Dismisses Privacy Claim Over Data Outsourcing
- Spyware: The Latest Cyber-Regulatory Challenge
- Outsourcing Our Privacy: Privacy and Security in a Borderless Commercial World
March 2005
- The Real Story Behind Canada’s Copyright Plans
- The ISP March Toward Packet Preferencing Continues
- Canada Rejects One-Sided Approach To Copyright Reform
- Japenese Study Finds No Negative Impact From P2P
- Government of Canada Unveils Plans for Copyright Reform
- Canada’s Choice: Copyright, Culture and the Internet
- New Accountability Needed For ISPs
- New Accountability Need For Net Service Providers
- P2P and Private Copying
- National Digital Libraries
- Canadian MP Says Extended Licensing Proposal Delayed
- Time for Canada To Cancel Crown Copyright
- P2P Goes to the Movies
- Keeping An Eye On A Canadian Prize
- Canadian Security Companies, Heritage Committee MP Concerned Over Copyright Reforms
- Ontario Court of Appeal Hears Bangoura Appeal
- IAPP National Summit
- As It Happens – Bangoura Appeal
- Speaking Out
- What Do You Want the Internet To Be?
- What Do You Want the Internet to Be?
- Pot. Kettle. Black.
- The Battle over Municipal WiFi (Or Sir Adam Beck’s Internet)
- World Bank Says Digital Divide Is Closing
- Copyright & Privacy – Through the Copyright Lens (Sarah Deutsch et. al.)
- Untouchable? A Canadian Perspective on the Anti-Spam Battle
- Copyright & Privacy – Through the Technology Lens (Michael Geist et. al.)
- Untouchable? A Canadian Perspective on the Anti-Spam Battle
February 2005
- Let towns, cities provide cheap, everywhere broadband
- The Continuing Saga of Internet Jurisdiction
- Copyright and Faith in the Free Market – Now in the Ottawa Citizen
- Lawful Access Back on The Canadian Agenda
- Copyright Conference Talk Now Online
- Copyright and Faith in the Free Market
- Renegades Spam Complaint Apparently New News
- Music Industry Doesn’t Need More Government Protection
- Privacy Breaches Shouldn’t Stay Private
- Revise Privacy Law To Protect Public, Not Offenders
- Sound Bytes, Sound Rights: Canada at the Crossroads of Copyright Law
- Keynote Address — Canada’s Choice: Copyright, Culture and the Internet
- Copyright and the Internet: Is There a Canadian Way?
- The Battle over Canadian Internet Pharmacies
- No good reason to bow to U.S. pharma’s lobbying
- Hunting For Spammers
January 2005
- Is Canada Headed Toward a DMCCA?
- `TPMs’: A perfect storm for consumers
- Canadian Government to Alter Contracts to Address U.S. Privacy Risk
- P2P, Copyright and the Canadian Music Industry
- More Action Needed on Spam Enforcement
- Will the Canadian Gov’t Intervene in Other Cases?
- Why Ottawa Should Stand On Guard in RIM Patent Case
- Why Ottawa should stand on guard in RIM case
- Agfa v. Adobe Decision
- Government of Canada Files Brief in RIM Patent Case
- WIPO Development Agenda Deserves Support
- Fairness calls for fairer rules
- More on a National Digital Library
- Downloading Nation
- Debating the Impact of the Englander Decision
- Time for Canada to Create National Digital Library
- National Web library do-able, affordable, visionary
- Copyright and Privacy Issues in the News
- The Upcoming Copyright Clash
2004 246
December 2004
- Amazon v. Corbis decision
- The Year in Canadian Tech Law From A to Z
- More on the Private Copying Decision
- Banner year for digital decisions
- Federal Ct. Affirms Private Copying; Drops iPod Levy
- Debating Music Downloading with CRIA
- CIBC Breach Spotlights Jurisdiction Gap in Canadian Privacy Law
- CIBC breach spotlights hole in privacy law
- Canadian Lawyer Finds Information Disclosed By U.S. Authorities
- Satellite Radio and Canadian Cultural Policy
- As It Happens – Successful Spam Complaint
- Privacy Commissioner Issues First PIPEDA Spam Decision
- Piercing the P2P Myths, Part Two
- Time music industry focused on product
- Recent Copyright Developments Discussed on Peter Warren Show
November 2004
- Piercing the Peer-to-Peer Myths (Part One)
- Numbers don’t crunch against downloading
- Music Industry and Kazaa Face Off in Australian Court
- Radio Canada International Looks at the Music Industry
- Canadian Musicians Lobby for Copyright Reform
- Copyright Reform is Not a Spectator Sport
- Federal Court of Appeal Issues Englander Decision
- CIRA Proposes New WHOIS Policy
- Canada as a Download Nation
- Dot-ca privacy plan a Canadian compromise
- Rocking in the Not-so-free Virtual World
- Canadian Copyright Reform Debated
- Dow Jones Settles Gutnick Case
- Toward a 21st Century Canadian Cultural Policy
- Employee Computer Use and the Law
- Internet-age aid for Canadian culture
- Paper Shredding Case Raises Privacy Fears
- Canadian Copyright Proposals Criticized
- Another Angle on Blogging
- World Bank Says Most Developing Country E-Gov Projects Fail
- India Supreme Court Rules Software a Good, Not Service
- Taiwan to Impose Net Content Rating System
- Will Canadian Cultural Policy Survive in the Age of the Internet?
- Advancing technology threatens cultural policy
- Rockin’ in the Not-So-Free Virtual World – Music File Sharing Debate
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Annual Report
- B.C.and Alberta Privacy Law Obtain Substantially Similar Exemption
- CRIA Expresses Concern Over Satellite Radio Plans
- Quebec Court Rules Satellite TV Rules Unconstitutional
- B.C. Privacy Commissioner Issues Patriot Act Report
- Jamaican Minister Says E-commerce Law Likely Next Year
- Who Should Own Your Wedding Pictures?
October 2004
- Who should own your wedding pictures?
- International Conference on the Legal Aspects of an E-Commerce Transaction
- Rising to the Privacy Reform Challenge
- Revise privacy law to expose offenders, block snoops
- IT.Can Annual Conference
- POLCYB – Society for Policing of Cyberspace Annual Conference
- Canadian Privacy Ruling Illustrates Need for Changes to Reporting System
- More on Canada’s Culture Deficit
- Canada Heading Toward Battle Over Database Rights
- Court decision foreshadows policy debate
- Privacy Commissioner Issues Finding on Workplace Surveillance
- IAPP Consumer Privacy Forum
- Tackling Canada’s Billion Dollar Culture Deficit
- Why Canada should follow U.K., not U.S., on copyright
- The Internet and The Law: A Global Conversation, Day Two
- The Internet and The Law: A Global Conversation Begins
- Global IP & Cyberlaw Conference
September 2004
- Creative Commons Canada Launches
- CRTC Issues Stay on Telemarketing Rules
- Privacy Commissioner Releases Decision on Inadvertent Email Disclosure
- CRTC Issues Stay on Telemarketing Rules
- CRTC Issues Stay on Telemarketing Rules
- UN ICT Task Force Publishes Internet Governance Text
- Nigerian Supreme Court Issues Telco Regulation Decision
- Getting More Bang for our Research and Copyright Buck
- E-commerce to E-economy: Strategies for the 21 Century
- Tackling innovation deficit a balancing act
- Ontario Court Issues Decision on “Commercial Activity” Under PIPEDA
- BC Privacy Commissioner Delays Outsourcing Report Again
- A Balanced Approach on Copyright Reform
- South Africa Spends Thousands to Obtain Southafrica.com Domain
- Cable Break Interrupts Internet Service in Guyana
- A Tale of Two Sectors (and One Disruptive Technology)
- No need for Dickensian approach to voice-via-Web
- Toronto Star Home To Copyright Debate
- Canada Continues to Pursue Anti-Spam Initiatives
- Newfoundland Cuts Privacy Commissioner’s Time
- Philippines Plans New Laws for Digital Development
- India’s DOT Fines Three ISPs
- Thailand to Consider E-commerce Law Reform
- Will Canada Salute the Broadcast Flag?
- Mr. Minister, please protect the public interest
- Ontario Court Confirms PIPEDA Not a Litigation Shield
- Sri Lanka Accuses Ship of Cutting Internet Link
- Starbucks Employee Fired for Blog
- The Internet Turns 35
- Music Industry Experiences Upswing in CD Sales
August 2004
- CRIA Won’t Spare a Dime for Canadian Creative Community
- Music industry abruptly changes tune on ringtones
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Patriot Act Submission
- Experts Say Nigeria Not Ready for E-commerce
- Telkom Plans To Push Ahead with Parody Site Suit
- B.C. Privacy Commissioner Delays Release of Outsourcing Report
- Nigeria Promises New Copyright Law
- Mauritius First African Country to Open Up VoIP
- Zambian Parliament Passes Cybercrime Law
- Developing Nations See Open Source as New Opportunity
- Bosnia and Herzegovina to Develop E-commerce Legislation
- CRIA Calls For Notice and Termination Framework
- A blueprint for better copyright law
- CBC’s The Current Examines Canadian Privacy
- Legal Blogs Growing in Popularity
- South Africa Expresses Concern On Digital Divide
- Kenyan Monopoly on Internet Backbone Struck Down
July 2004
- Zambia To Introduce Cybercrime Law
- BC Government Pledges to Address Patriot Act Privacy Issue
- Canadian New Media Profiles Techlawed Project
- South African Wireless Company In Possible Privacy Breach
- U.S. Threat to Canadian Privacy
- Patriot Act and B.C. Privacy Submission Posted
- U.S. laws put Canadian privacy at risk
- Patriot Act paper
- Bangladesh Minister Says E-Business Law on the Way
- UNESCAP References Techlawed Project
- Sri Lankan Judge Orders Article Removed From Website
- Vietnam Increases Internet Controls
- World Vision Calls For Ugandan Internet Law
- Group Protests Maldives Internet Controls
- Africa Needs Computer Security Response Team
- Bangladesh Business Wants E-Law
- How Law Can Help Bridge the Digital Divide
- Bridging the digital divide
- Call For Ghana to Tackle Cybercrime
- Zimbabwe Telco Authority Warns Against VoIP
- Two Initiatives Focus on Russian Internet Regulation
- RSF Protests Heavy Tunisian Jail Sentences Against Internet Users
- Vietnamese Cyber-dissident Sentenced to 19 Months in Jail
- Vietnamese Cyber-dissident Sentenced to 19 Months in Jail
- The Internet and The Law: A Global Conversation
- Barbados Has Legislation But Needs Infrastructure For E-commerce Success
- Welcome to the Techlawed Project
- Canadian Arbitrator Overturns Dismissal Over Employee Email Usage
- UNESCAP Conference
- Canadian Supreme Court Opens Up Second Copyright Balance
- Balancing rights of creators, users
- Using Tariff 22 Decision To Sue Offshore Sites
- More on the Tariff 22 Decision
June 2004
- Supreme Court Issues Tariff 22 Decision
- Keynote – Privacy and Expectations
- Canadian Political Parties Divided on Tech Law Policy
- From e-Commerce to the e-Economy: Strategies for the digital world
- Parties the same? Not on tech issues
- One more try
- Sample Timeline
- Canadian Fed Ct Rejects Privacy Commish Surveillance Finding
- ABA IP Section Summer Conference
- A Plan To Restore Balance To Canadian Copyright Law
- Copyright reform needs a balanced approach
- IAPP Privacy Futures Conference
- Assessing the Need for Canadian Copyright Reform
- Fighting Spam Requires Commitment From All
May 2004
- Copyright Reform and Canadian Education
- Will copyright reform chill use of Web?
- International Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Law & Practice
- Ontario Court Issues PIPEDA Decision
- (Re)Thinking Copyright
- Speaker – Technical and Contractual Framework of Copyright
- Why WSIS Is About More Than Just Domain Names
- West urged to share Internet governance
- Canada Launches Anti-Spam Task Force
- Coverage of Anti-Spam Task Force Announcement
- Canadian Access and Privacy Association
- Untouchable? A Plan for Battling Spam in Canada
- A recipe for battling spam in Canada
April 2004
- More on Spam in Canada
- Federal Court to Examine Workplace Privacy Issue
- Untouchable? The Canadian Battle Against Spam
- Sparring with “Spam”
- Is Canada’s Privacy Law A Privacy Placebo?
- Weak enforcement undermines privacy laws
- Speaker – Beyond ICANN: International Governance Of The Internet In The 21st Century
- Privacy Law Can’t Protect People From Own Ignorance
- Canada To Launch Anti-Spam Task Force
- The Globe and Mail
- Alberta and BC Privacy Laws Meet Substantial Similarity Test
- BC and Alberta Laws Meet Substantial Similarity Test
- Continuing Coverage of Internet Jurisdiction Survey
- CIPPIC Role In Copyright Case Featured
- Net Jurisdiction Study Finds New Digital Divide
- Global Internet Jurisdiction Survey Released
- Chair – Internet Jurisdiction: A Global Survey
- Focus Shifts to Canadian Copyright Reform
- Federal Ct. Decisions Attracts Global Attention
March 2004
- Canadian Networks Focus on CRIA Decision
- Federal Court Denies CRIA Motion
- Rapporteur – Undercovered Issues that could Require Collective Governance
- Canada’s Copyright Revolution
- Low-tech case has high-tech impact
- File Sharing Suits Head Back to Court
- Unhappy Gilmore: The Internet’s Six Layers of Liability
- Canadian Press
- Canadian Press
- Alternative Compensation System for Music Picks Up Steam
- Canada Still Awaits Anti-Spam Policy
- Ottawa Citizen
- Is Canada Ready for a P2P License?
- Supreme Court Copyright Case Causes Waves
- The Globe and Mail
- Music licensing would be viable for all
- Panelist, From Wireless to IPod, Alternative Compensations on the New Pipelines
February 2004
- Governments and Country-Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey; ccTLDs, national governments and in
- International Privacy: PIPEDA – Canada’s New Privacy Standard
- The Canadian Gutnick – Internet Jurisdiction’s Moving Target.
- Speaker – What are the major privacy law challenges for 2004 and beyond?
- Web decision extends long arm of Ontario law
- CRIA Launches Round of Lawsuits
- Canada Battles Spam
- Ottawa Citizen
- National Post
- Macleans Magazine
- Law Week Keynote Address – Privacy and Expectations
- Selling and Marketing Online – Emerging Legal Issues
- Chair of Legal & Regulatory Panel: Regulation and Self-Regulation
- Moderator – ID Theft: Canada’s Legal Framework
- Alberta Court Awards Damages for Cyber-Libel
- Unhappy Gilmore: The Internet’s Six Layers of Liability
- Unhappy Gilmore: The Internet’s Six Layers of Liability
- The Globe and Mail
- OECD Holds Global Spam Summit
- The Debate Over Privacy Law Continues
- The Debate Over Privacy Law Continues
- Warren’s Washington Daily
- Canada badly needs a national standard
January 2004
- In Defense of PIPEDA
- Fighting privacy law questionable
- Manufacturers and Retailers Challenge MP3 Levy
- Responding to CENTR’s Comments on Net Governance Study
- CircleID
- Council of European National Top-level Domain Registries
- Looking Ahead to the Year in Technology Law
- PIPEDA Takes Effect
- PIPEDA Takes Effect , Ontario Today
- PIPEDA Takes Effect
- Contentious laws will mould technology
- Governments And Country-Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey (Version 2)
- Global Internet Jurisdiction: The ABA/ICC Survey
- Untouchable? A Canadian Perspective on the Anti-Spam Battle Working Paper (2004)
- The Long Arm of the USA Patriot Act: A Threat to Canadian Privacy?
- National Governments and Country Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey, pg. 282-90
2003 163
December 2003
- More Coverage on Possible Quebec PIPEDA Challenge
- Quebec Readies Constitutional Challenge to PIPEDA
- Welcome to Gabrielle Hannah Geist!
- U.S. Appellate Court Rules in Verizon v. RIAA
- Ontario Introduces Health Privacy Legislation
- New Canadian Privacy Commissioner Says No Need To Panic
- CRIA Suits Raise ISP Concerns
- Canada’s Privacy Law Days Away From Full Effect
- Commenting on CRIA Lawsuit Plans
- President Bush Signs CAN-Spam Act
- CRIA To Sue Music Uploaders
- The Year in Canadian Technology Law
- Revisiting Site Finder Issues
- `D’ is for disputes that shape our lives
- More on the Private Copying Decision
- Copyright Board Issues Private Copying Decision
- Copyright Board to Issue Private Copying Decision
- More on Tariff 22
- B.C. Commissioner Vows To Name Names
- Quebec Law Receives Stamp of Substantial Similarity
- Alberta Enacts PIPA
- Debating the Tariff 22 Case
- Deal Struck on Net Governance at WSIS
- WSIS Nears With Internet Governance Taking Centre Stage
- Canadian Supreme Court Hears Tariff 22 Case
- Further Internet Governance Study Coverage
- Coverage of Internet Governance Study
- Rethinking Government and Internet Governance
- Governments and ccTLDs: A Global Survey (Version Two) Survey conducted in cooperation with the International Telecommunications Union
November 2003
- Think Web’s virtually government free? Think again
- Police Using the Web to Track Crime Suspects
- Police Using the Web to Track Crime Suspects
- U.S. Senate Passes Anti-Spam Legislation
- U.S. Senate Passes Anti-Spam Legislation
- Survey Measures Impact of the Internet
- Professor Geist Recognized for Media Work
- Lawyers Weekly
- Privacy and Expectations
- Copyright Reform Roundtable
- Privacy Keynote on Reasonable Expectations
- Name names, or privacy law toothless
- Copyright Plenary, Canadian Broadcasters Association 2003 Convention
- Privacy and Expectations
- Keynote address, “Privacy and Expectations”
- Will copyright treaty benefit Canadians?
- Canada’s Last Mover Advantage
October 2003
- Privacyinfo.ca Update #14
- Quebec Privacy Commissioner Nominated to Federal Post
- Quebec Privacy Commissioner Nominated to Federal Post
- Who is Watching You? The What, Why and How of Tracking Employees
- B.C. Privacy Bill Receives Royal Assent
- Hackers Using Trojan Defence
- Reuters
- Q + A on Internet Law Issues
- Cnet
- More on McGill Turnitin.com Controversy
- News Interactive (Australia)
- Exporting Copyright
- Why we must stand on guard over copyright
- McGill Student Challenges Anti-Plagiarism Requirement
- Ottawa Citizen
- Canadian Privacy Law Review Launches
- TI Contact
- Addressing the Urban Legend of P2P File Sharing
- Ottawa Citizen
- The Growing Conflict Between IP and Privacy Rights
- Geist on Site Finder Service
- Comparative IP & Cyberlaw Symposium Concludes
- Web privacy vs. identifying infringers
- Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Symposium
- Privacy and Expectations
- Privacy and Expectations
- Spam Policy Again in the Spotlight
- Spam Policy Again in the Spotlight
September 2003
- Squeeze Play – Spam Policy
- Debating Canada’s Spam Policy
- More Coverage of Canadian Spam Position
- Globe and Mail
- Canadian Senator Introduces Anti-Spam Bill
- Geist Named Canarie IWAY Public Leadership Award Winner
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Issues Annual Report
- The Day Internet Governance Mattered
- Verisign’s tampering shows high cost of apathy
- Canadians OK To File Swap
- Bank Computers With Account Data Nearly Sold on eBay
- Yet more – the CBC covers the story
- More on the RIAA suits and Canada
- Covering the Canadian Perspective on RIAA suits
- A Virtual Canadian Law Library Becomes Reality
- Free, upgraded Web data boon to lawyers, public
- When Individuals Become Internet Intermediaries
- Global Internet Jurisdiction Survey Underway
- Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference one month away
- Welcome to the new Michael Geist website
- Canadian Unlisted Number Privacy Decision Appealed
August 2003
- Web Quandary For Regulators
- Fairness Demands Review of Domain Name Policy
- National Journal’s Technology Daily
- Canada Names Two New Assistant Privacy Commissioners
July 2003
- Globe and Mail
- Globe and Mail
- The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Internet
- Cross Country Checkup – File Sharing
- Internet File Sharing
- Privacy Commissioner’s Office Drops Charter Challenge
- Federal Court Upholds Telus Decision
- Parliamentary Committee Releases Privacy Commissioner Report
- Interim Commissioner Named Amid New Allegations
- Privacy Commissioner Resigns
- File Sharing in Corporations
- Court Cases Taming Wild West Web
June 2003
- Tax Holiday Expiring, Regulators Aspiring on the Web
- Reforming Copyright is a Concern for Everyone
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Spent $500,000 Over Two Years
- Committee Has Lost Confidence in Commissioner
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Substantial Similarity Report
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Investigation Widens
- E-Borders, Internet and IT Technologies
- Panelist
- Speech, Choice & Cyberspace
- Privacy Commissioner Video Surveillance Suit Dismissed
- Canadian Privacy Commish Faces Possible Disciplinary Action
- U.S. Extends Its Hegemony over the Internet
- Speech, Choice & Cyberspace
- Canadian Court Rules It Has No Jurisdiction over PIPEDA
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Unhappy With Alberta Bill
- Canadian Privacy Law Beset By Uncertainty
May 2003
- Waffling Ontario Coming up Short on Privacy Law
- Alberta Latest Canadian Province To Introduce Privacy Bill
- Canadian Privacy Law Challenges Head To Court
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner Unimpressed By B.C. Legislation
- British Columbia Introduces Privacy Legislation
- Moderator
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- ‘Big Music’ Set to Declare War on its Audience
April 2003
- Have-Not World More Plugged-In That We Think
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- High Court Tackles Web Lottery; Online Music to Come
- Warren’s Washington Internet Daily
March 2003
- Fairness Says It’s Time to Tax Goods Sold Online
- Keynote Address
- ccTLDs and Transnational Policymaking
- Legal Issues in E-commerce Law
- Legal Issues in E-commerce Law
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Governments Hold Reins in Those National Domains
February 2003
- In Web Disputes, U.S. Law Rules the World
- Watching Your Employees: Emerging Personal Emerging Personal Boundaries in the Workplace
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Computer And E-Mail Workplace Surveillance In Canada
- Legalese Proved No Defence in E-trading Case
- Privacy Popular, but Eves Dropped the Ball
January 2003
- Courts Poised to Decide Internet Borders
- Recent Developments of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Moderator
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Computer and E-Mail Workplace Surveillance in Canada: The Shift From Reasonable Expectation of Priva
- E-Legal Kit, Volume One, two and three, (Case Studies), United Nations International Trade Centre
- Governments And Country-Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey
- The Shift Toward “Targeting” For Internet Jurisdiction
- Governments And Country-Code Top Level Domains: A Global Survey
2002 60
November 2002
- Recent Developments of Domain Name Dispute Resolution in Canada and Korea
- Digital Copyright: A Look Ahead
- Panelist
- Internet and E-commerce Law Update
- ICANN Turf War Playing Out
October 2002
- Net Copyright Reform: Its Deep in Policy Agenda
- Computer Surveillance of the Judiciary
- Internet Law Update
- Creating a Trusted Environment: Legal Challenges
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Panelist
- Computer And E-Mail Workplace Surveillance In Canada
- Computer And E-Mail Workplace Surveillance In Canada
- Federal Proposal Tells Only Part of Cybercrime Story
September 2002
- Net Contract Fights Should Avoid Courts
- Watching Employees: Legal Considerations, Practica
- Canada.com: In Search of a Canadian Internet Law P
- E-commerce Tax Policy Penalizes Canadian Business
August 2002
- Moves Afoot to Give Consumers E-commerce Legal Certainty
- Internet Overseer Takes Wrong Path on Accountability
July 2002
- Domain Name Policy Absurd When it Comes to Trademarks
- Internet ‘Choke Points’ Put the Squeeze on Content
June 2002
- Shift to Workplace Privacy Protection
- New Net Laws Reach Beyond Borders
- Public’s Role in Net Governance Threatened
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Cyberlaw 2.0
- Extra-Territoriality and the Internet
- Hot Internet IP Issues Around the World
May 2002
- Time to Hit Delete Key on Weak Spam Policy
- Appeal Court Ruling the Latest Word on On-line Music
- E-commerce Legislation Update
- E-commerce in a World Without Borders
- Keynote Address
- Web Lottery Case Misses Legal Jackpot
April 2002
March 2002
- Music Fans Face Raw Copyright Deal
- Fair.com? An Examination of the Allegations of Sys
- Discussant
- Computer And E-Mail Workplace Surveillance In Canada
- Domain Dispute Bias Goes From Bad to Worse
February 2002
- Quebec Firm’s Language Law Challenge Tests E-jurisdiction
- Technological Change and Legal Response in E-commerce
- The Cyberlaw Rules: How the Internet is Transformi
- Internet Content Liability
- Brands, Free Speech Clash Over Domains
January 2002
- Canada’s Online Tax Policy Lags Leaders
- Keynote Address
- Chair
- Copyright and Censorship, Censorship and Privacy
- Cyberlaw 2002: The Next Generation
- iCraveTV and the New Rules of Internet Broadcasting
- When Dot-Coms Die: The E-commerce Challenge to Canada’s Bankruptcy Laws
- Fair.com? An Examination of the Allegations of Systemic Unfairness in the ICANN UDRP
- Is There a There There: Towards Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction
- Computer And E-Mail Workplace Surveillance In Canada
- On Target? The Shifting Standards for Determining Internet Jurisdiction
- Internet Law in Canada, 3rd Edition, Captus Press (2002)
2001 59
December 2001
- The Story of Cyberlaw in 2001
- Intermediary Liability in the Online Environment
- Copyright Debate Turns One-Sided
November 2001
- Internet Law Update
- Internet Jurisdiction
- Internet Jurisdiction Following Yahoo.com
- Copyright and Trade Issues, Centre For Trade Policy
- Canada’s Laissez-Faire Stance on Microsoft Stifles Innovation
October 2001
- Anti-terrorism Bill Could Limit E-Speech
- Internet Jurisdiction
- Internet Jurisdiction, European E-commerce Legal I
- Canadian Copyright Reform
- Government, Commissioner At Odds Over Privacy
September 2001
- Definitive Dispute Policy Takes Shape
- Microsoft Likely to Get More Experience in Court
- Cyberlaw Shows Its True Colours
August 2001
- How Bias Besets Domain Cases
- Keynote Address – Internet Jurisdiction
- Internet Jurisdiction
- What, Me Worry?
- Long Arm of the Law Needs New Guidelines for the Internet
July 2001
June 2001
- Net at Stake Despite Ruling
- E-Borders Loom, For Better or Worse
- As It Happens – Tasini Case
- It’s Time to Speak out on Internet Legislation
- Policies for the New Economy
- Is There a There There? Towards Greater Certainty
- The Internet and Jurisdiction
May 2001
- Privacy Law Needs Open Disclosure
- All Electronic Contracts are not Created Equal
- Confusion Reigns in Domain-Name Cases
- Panelist, The Impact of a Global Internet on Copyright
- Discussant, Canada’s Intellectual Property Framework
- Is There a There There?
- Internet Jurisdiction Update
- Battles Brew as On-line Privacy Policies Diverge
April 2001
- Is There a There There? Toward Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction
- Laws Spur Growth in E-commerce
- The Cyberlaw Rules
- Keynote Speaker – Is There a There There?
- Is There a There There?
March 2001
- Lots of Legal Challenges When Dot Coms Die
- Get Ready for Reruns in Battle Over On-line TV
- Conference Chair and Organizer
- International E-commerce Law Update
- Harmonization of Web Law Sparks Heated Haggling
February 2001
- B.C. Court Shores Up Protection for Anticorporate Protest Sites
- Like it or Not, Napster and its Kind are Here to Stay
- Legal Education.com
- U.S. Blazes Trail in Clash of Trademarks, Domain Names
January 2001
- Everybody Wants to Rule the Web
- Privacy Tops Internet Hot Spots for 2001
- Old Copyright Law And New Technologies: Canadian Copyright Reform In The Digital Age
- Survey of Canadian Law Firms E-commerce Best Practices: A 2001 Update
- In Search of the Virtual Label: Canada’s Labeling Legal Framework and the Impact of E-commerce
- Is There a There There: Towards Greater Certainty for Internet Jurisdiction
- The Competitive Threat of Malicious Code: An Environmental Scan, Canada Competition Bureau
2000 55
December 2000
- Cyberlaw: An A to Z Review
- Legal Issues Panelist
- CEO Panel Moderator
- A Troubling Snapshot of E-Privacy in Canada
November 2000
- E-content Rules Must Shield Election, not Web Sites
- Conference Chair, 2000 Domain Name Governance
- Copyright in the Balance
- Copyright Law Moderator
- Privacy Compliance is the New Priority
- Watch Out for the Partitioned Web
October 2000
- New Dot-ca World Needs an Election
- E-mail Traces Raises Legal Issues
- E-commerce Regulatory Update
- Internet Jurisdiction Law in Canada
- Dot-ca Dispute Rules Open for Public Debate
September 2000
- What’s In a Name? Domain Reform Holds the Answer
- High-Speed Net Clash Moves Into High Gear
- Domain Name Dispute Resolution in Canada
- ICANN’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Process, Internet Law and Policy Forum Jurisdiction II
- Trademark Confusion Creeps Into Web Site Content
August 2000
- WIPO Wipes Out Domain Name Rights
- E-commerce and Web for Canadian Lawyers
- Copyright Holders May Rule the Day
July 2000
- Napster North of the 49th Parallel
- When Technology is at Odds with the Law
- Sale of Services and Internet Jurisdiction, Internet Jurisdiction Law Plenary
- E-Business: The Future
- The Cyberlaw Rules
June 2000
- Legally, I am Canadian
- Firms Play a ‘Whack a Mole’ Game in Trying to Stop E-Competition
- E-commerce Law Moderator
- What It Means When You Click I Agree
- Legal education.com
- New Laws Aim to Ease Uncertainties of E-commerce
- The Fine Print Behind FTC’s Advertising Rules For the Dot-Com World
May 2000
- EU Edicts Influence Canadian Cyberlaw
- Canadian E-commerce Law and Policy: Facing the Future
- Domain Name Wars Heat Up
April 2000
- Proposed Dot-ca Dispute Resolution Method Flawed
- iCraveTV and the New Rules of Internet Broadcasting
- Internet Jurisdiction Update
- The Media and Privacy: Friend, Foe or Folly
- Federal Tribunal Forges Internet Policy
March 2000
February 2000
January 2000
- A Patently Obvious Threat to E-commerce
- Lawmakers To Mull Milestones in 2000
- What It Means When You Click I Agree
- E-Commerce and Legal Services in Canada: Meeting the Challenge
- CIRA Consultation on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Report and Analysis
- Consultation on CIRA Draft ADR Policy: Report and Analysis
- Canadian E-commerce and Privacy Study 2000: A Failure to Communicate
- E-Commerce and Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
1999 16
December 1999
- H is for Hackers: An A to Z Guide to Cyberlaw in 1999
- Consumer Protection and Licensing Regimes Review
- Privacy Law No Substitute For Vigilance
November 1999
October 1999
September 1999
August 1999
July 1999
March 1999
- Reality Testing: Legal Solutions to Hate on the Net
- Law on the Web: Tracing the Critical Role of Legal
- Protecting User Privacy: My Appearance before House of Commons Industry Committee on C-54
February 1999
- Finding Information in a Sea of Knowledge
- Hate Speech on the Internet, 1999 CJLSA National Conference