The Curious Engineer

Michael Geist

2009

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December 2009

  1. Small Toronto Firm Beats Google in Domain Name Dispute
  2. Fee-For-Carriage Fight Brews In The U.S.
  3. Anti-Spam, Lawful Access To Die With Parliament Prorogation
  4. Canadian Gov’t Convinces German ISP To Shut Down Environmental Parody Sites
  5. The Mad Hatter Calls Out Sookman
  6. Kenyan Anti-Counterfeiting Law To Face Constitutional Challenge
  7. The Year in Tech Law and Policy: My Annual A to Z Review
  8. The Letters of the Law: 2009 in Tech Law and Policy
  9. U.S. Court Rules Against isoHunt For Inducing Copyright Infringement
  10. usisohuntdec.pdf
  11. CBC Sued for Unauthorized Fashion Show Taping
  12. NB Court Orders Production of ISP and Facebook Records
  13. Amazon Kindle DRM Broken
  14. Canada and The WIPO Treaties: Flexibility Was Always Key
  15. Canadian Supreme Court Establishes “Responsible Communication” Defence in Defamation Cases
  16. Ficsor Attacks: WIPO Treaty Architect Still Fighting Lost Policy Battle
  17. EU Demands for Trade Deal Would Reshape Canadian IP Law
  18. EU Demands for Trade Deal Would Reshape Canadian IP Law
  19. WIPO Treaty for the Blind Gains Momentum, But Canada Missing in Action
  20. European Telecom Operators Speak Out on ACTA
  21. NZ Government ACTA Briefing Posted Online
  22. The Netherlands Leads BitTorrent Rankings, But What Does That Really Mean?
  23. B.C. Musician Upset Over VANOC’s Control of Song Rights
  24. Court Rules Bell Must Remove “Most Reliable” Network Ad Claims
  25. Linking Ottawa Record Seller Case With CRIA $6 Billion Class Action
  26. Cogeco Changes Broadband Ad Claims Following Competition Bureau Concerns
  27. Ottawa Record Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement
  28. NZ Holds ACTA Briefing But Reveals Little
  29. Beyond ACTA: Proposed EU – Canada Trade Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter Leaks
  30. MPAA: ACTA Must Include Internet Provisions
  31. New Zealand Releases Revamped Three Strikes Proposal
  32. France To Spend $1.1 Billion Digitizing Its Works
  33. CEP Says It Plans To Appeal Globalive Decision
  34. Content For The People, By The People
  35. U.S. at WIPO: Committed To Better Copyright Exceptions
  36. EU Ratifies the WIPO Internet Treaties
  37. UK Launches Copyright Consultation on Exceptions
  38. NZ MP Raises Questions on ACTA
  39. Canada Dragging Its Feet on Open Data Initiatives
  40. Canada Dragging Its Feet on Open Data Initiatives
  41. Government Overturns CRTC Giving Globalive The Go-Ahead
  42. The ACTA Timeline: Tracing The Secret Copyright Treaty
  43. Why Buy American Has Nothing to do With Canadian Copyright Reform
  44. Why SOCAN Wanted To Keep Its Copyright Submission Secret
  45. New Zealand Coalition Forms To Fight ACTA
  46. Angus Op-Ed on ACTA
  47. Search Engine on ACTA
  48. U.S. Lobbyist: Copyright Buys Buy American Provision Win
  49. Canada To Host ACTA Meeting in 2010?
  50. University of Ottawa Adopts Commitment to Open Access
  51. Transparency Compared: FTAA vs. ACTA
  52. Website Blocked From Repackaging MLS Data
  53. Knopf on AUCC and Access Copyright
  54. CBC’s Spark on Canadian Copyright Reform
  55. Vancouver Buskers Face SOCAN Royalty Demand
  56. Hennessey on Globalive and Cabinet Review
  57. Canadian Recording Industry Faces $6 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
  58. Canadian Recording Industry Hit With $6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit
  59. BakerSOC
  60. USTR Ambassador Kirk On ACTA: People Would Walk if ACTA Public
  61. New Zealand Politicians Speak Out on ACTA
  62. SOCAN’s Secret Copyright Submission Posted Online
  63. Private Member’s Bill on Copyright Coming?
  64. CARFAC Seeking Royalty For Images on National Gallery Website
  65. Access to Medicines Bill Clears Second Reading
  66. ECPA Receives First Reading in the Senate
  67. Rogers Sues Bell Over Ad Claims
  68. Oxfam: ACTA Could Hurt Poor Countries
  69. PIAC Releases Major Report on Net Neutrality
  70. Rogers Sues Bell Over Ad Claims
  71. Clement on ACTA: Check Out MichaelGeist.ca To Learn More
  72. Global ACTA Coverage Picks Up Again
  73. CMAJ To Drop Open Access In January
  74. ACTA Leak Generates Wide Coverage
  75. Secret ACTA Deal To Change IT Forever
  76. CRTC Launches Online Consultation Site on Fee-For-Carriage
  77. ECPA (C-27) Passes House of Commons, Moves to Senate

November 2009

  1. EU ACTA Analysis Leaks: Confirms Plans For Global DMCA, Encourage 3 Strikes Model
  2. Legislative Proposals Signal New Policing Requirements for Internet Providers
  3. Swedish Minister To Demand ACTA Be Opened Up
  4. Tapscott on the UK Digital Economy Bill
  5. EU Files Responses To ACTA Internet Chapter
  6. UK Law Firm Planning to File Thousands Of P2P Demand Letters
  7. isoHunt Files New Statement of Claim Against CRIA
  8. Countering the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
  9. No Response to Search Engine Request for Clement ACTA Interview
  10. Guardian on UK Digital Economy Bill
  11. Billy Bragg on Music and Copyright
  12. Weatherall on ACTA in Australia
  13. Court Orders Rogers To Stop Network Reliability Claims
  14. Government Introduces Mandatory Child Porn Reporting Law
  15. Opposition Mounts in Europe To Three-Strikes Proposals
  16. U.S. Senators Call for ACTA Transparency
  17. Library Content Alliance on ACTA
  18. Canton on Digital Copyright Reform
  19. CWTA on Canadian Wireless
  20. Government To Introduce ISP Child Porn Reporting Bill
  21. Broadcaster Plan Involves More Than Just Fee-For-Carriage
  22. Broadcaster Plan Involves More Than Just Fee-For-Carriage
  23. NDP, Billy Bragg Make Case For Legalized Downloading
  24. MPAA on ACTA
  25. UK Digital Economy Bill Introduced, Unlikely To Become Law
  26. Huntsville Considers Internet Voting For Next Election
  27. OECD Confirms Canada Among Lowest Sources Of Counterfeiting
  28. Stopping the ACTA Juggernaut
  29. Bannerman on the ACTA Choice
  30. Telus Sues Rogers Over Ad Claims
  31. Spain Codifies Legal Right to Broadband
  32. Why The Lack of ACTA Transparency Is Not Standard
  33. Kindle Coming To Canada, But Who Provides the Wireless?
  34. Copyright Consultation Provides Blueprint for Reform
  35. U.N. Censors Internet Censorship Poster At IGF
  36. CopyrightWatch.org Launches
  37. Canadian Telco Ownership Rules From By-Gone Era
  38. OHRLP Publishes Compilation of Copyright Consult Submissions
  39. Canadian Telco Ownership Rules From By-Gone Era
  40. CTV & Canwest Ask CRTC To Order Blocking Of U.S. Programs
  41. Fox News On ACTA
  42. Sandvine Report Should Raise Doubt About Traffic Management Practices
  43. ACTA Criticism Goes Global
  44. ACTA Q&A With the Washington Post
  45. “ACTA Shall Be Concluded in 2010”
  46. The ACTA Threat: My Talk on Everything You Need To Know About ACTA, But Didn’t Know To Ask
  47. NZ and Australian ACTA Criticism Mounts
  48. ESA Applauds RCMP IP Enforcement Work
  49. This Magazine on Legalizing Music File Sharing
  50. Canadian Labour Congress Adopts New Copyright Policy
  51. Clement Conducts “Pre-Cabinet Review” of Globalive Decision
  52. Public Knowledge & KEI Public Letter on ACTA
  53. Public Knowledge & KEI Public Letter on ACTA
  54. ACTA Threatens Made-in-Canada Copyright Policy
  55. Ten Years of Internet Law News
  56. Secret Copyright Treaty Marks End to Made-in-Canada Policy
  57. Global Reactions to ACTA
  58. CBC’s As It Happens on ACTA
  59. Comparing Canadian iPhone Costs
  60. Reporting on WIPO IP Enforcement Meeting
  61. ACTA Net Chapter
  62. The Leaked ACTA Document
  63. ACTA Negotiations, Day Three: Secret Talks on Transparency
  64. Auditor General Wields Crown Copyright To Demand Takedown
  65. Benkler Responds to Berkman Broadband Study Criticism
  66. CBC Argues for Regulated Cable
  67. ACTA Negotiations, Day Two: What’s On Tap
  68. Wagman on the Fee-For-Carriage Fight
  69. CBC on Fee-For-Carriage
  70. Study Finds DVRs Help Broadcaster Ratings
  71. New Cellphone Cost Calculator Launches
  72. The ACTA Internet Chapter: Putting the Pieces Together
  73. Govt Responds To IP Enforcement Criticism, Proposes Changes to Proceeds of Crime Rules
  74. Study Finds Downloaders Spend More On Music
  75. Oshawa School Trustee Seeks Elimination Of Copyright Fees
  76. Privacy Commissioner Posts Initial Letter on Lawful Access
  77. Copyright Consultation Provides Blueprint for Reform
  78. Consumer Choice Holds The Key To Solving Fee-For-Carriage Fight
  79. Consumer Choice The Key To Solving Fee-For-Carriage Fight

October 2009

  1. Clement on the State of Canadian Copyright Law
  2. Liberals Call for Better Internet and Wireless Competition, Net Neutrality
  3. The Globalive Decision: Time To Pick Competition Over Canadian Ownership
  4. Industry Committee Issues C-27 Report
  5. Reacting To Lawful Access: Comparing the Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP
  6. Anti-Spam Bill Passes Committee Without Copyright Lobby Spyware Provision
  7. UK To Introduce Three Strikes Policy
  8. Identity Theft Law Passes
  9. CRTC Sends Message: Traffic Management Rules Apply To Wireless Too
  10. CRTC Posts Updated Stats on Do-Not-Call
  11. Legislative Summary of Bill C-47
  12. Will The Liberals Play The Role of Opposition on Lawful Access?
  13. Study Finds Canadian C-61 Anti-Circumvention Provisions Unconstitutional
  14. Net Neutrality in Canada Still a Work in Progress
  15. Net Neutrality in Canada Still a Work in Progress
  16. Canadian Musicians vs. Canadian Recording Industry Spokesperson
  17. Ontario Government To Cover Retroactive Access Copyright Bills
  18. Amazon Appeals Patent Board Decision on One-Click
  19. Government Commits to Withdrawing Lobby Spyware Changes
  20. MichaelGeist.ca Ups and Downs
  21. CRTC Sets Net Neutrality Framework But Leaves Guarantees More Complaints
  22. CBC’s 22 Minutes on Canadian Copyright Reform
  23. The Sad State of Broadband in Canada
  24. NDP: Canadians Getting Ripped Off On Internet Rates
  25. Canwest on Conservative Backtracking on Spam Exceptions
  26. Lawful Access Looms on Parliamentary Plan
  27. Liberals To Drop Controversial Copyright Lobby Spyware Amendments
  28. Conservatives Reverse on Watering Down Anti-Spam Bill
  29. Canadian Universities Too Closed Minded on Open Access
  30. Canadian Universities Too Close Minded on Open Access
  31. UK All Party Parliamentary Communications Group on Copyright
  32. CRTC’s Net Neutrality Decision Coming This Week
  33. National Television Coverage on Broadband
  34. Divide Among Liberals Over Anti-Spam Bill?
  35. KEI Identifies ACTA Insiders
  36. Government Rejects Plans for Access to Info and Privacy Reform
  37. The Copyright Lobby’s Secret Pressure On the Anti-Spam Bill
  38. Canadian Marketing Association Attacks Anti-Spam Bill
  39. Finland Establishes Legal Right To Broadband
  40. Chris Bosh Wins 800 Domains From Cybersquatter
  41. Apple Admits No Legal Reason To Block App Purchases With Gift Cards
  42. FCC Commissioned Study Assesses Why Canada Lags On Broadband
  43. The Blame Canada Road Show
  44. CFTPA Warns Against Targeting P2P in Copyright Reform
  45. Security vs. Privacy: Ottawa Citizen on Lawful Access
  46. Nobel Prize Winner on IP, Open Access and the Public Domain
  47. Access Copyright: Reduce Fair Dealing, No Taping TV Shows or Format Shifting
  48. Conservative Committee Chair Against Anti-Spam Bill Exceptions
  49. Peer-to-Peer Traffic Declining Dramatically
  50. CIRA and IISD Team Up For Survey
  51. Patry Talk Today At U of Ottawa
  52. Do-Not-Call List Undermined By Loopholes in the Law
  53. Do-Not-Call List Undermined By Loopholes in the Law
  54. Bell To Allow HSPA Devices To Be Unlocked
  55. DFAIT Posts Agenda For November ACTA Meeting
  56. ISP Funded Report Finds Canadian Broadband Isn’t Awful
  57. Canwest on Watering Down C-27
  58. The Cable Song
  59. Globe Confirms Kindle Delay Due to Carrier Issues
  60. New Decision on Warrantless Access To ISP Customer Data
  61. Open Data: Comparing USA vs. Canada
  62. CRTC Calls For Expanded Copying For Private Use
  63. Industry Canada Proposes Changes to Spam Bill as Lobbyists Demand More
  64. Amazon Kindle Launches in 100 Countries But Not Canada
  65. Globe on Fight To Water Down Anti-Spam Bill
  66. Clement Says No Legal Block To Using Apple iTunes Gift Cards For Apps
  67. Privacy Commissioner Releases Annual PIPEDA Report
  68. CIRA And The Disappearing Public Interest Mandate
  69. Lobbyist Pressure Focused on Watering Down Anti-Spam Bill
  70. Canadian Anti-Spam Deal Far From a Done Deal
  71. Canadian Copyfight Lecture in Vancouver
  72. Tracking the Dramatic Growth of Open Access
  73. The Three Laws of Open Government Data
  74. Yet Another Global Study Finds Canada Lagging on Broadband
  75. DNCL Violator Responds to CRTC Fine

September 2009

  1. Business Resumes Attack on Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
  2. Pirate Party Success in German Election
  3. CAUT Reports SSHRC Funding Threatened Over Conference Support
  4. Van Loan’s Misleading Claims: Case for Lawful Access Not Closed
  5. Van Loan’s Misleading Claims: Case For Lawful Access Not Closed
  6. Local School Boards Owe Thousands In Retroactive Access Copyright Fees
  7. Pirate Party of Canada Launches Creative Commons Torrent Tracker
  8. In Defence of Foreign Telecom Players
  9. OPC Publishes Comparative Report on Social Network Privacy Practices
  10. Time To Vote: CIRA Board Elections Open Until September 30th
  11. Industry Canada Responds: Copyright Consultation Submissions Are Coming
  12. Where Are The Copyight Consultation Submissions?
  13. CIRPA Calls for Longer Data Retention To Facilitate Lawsuits
  14. Entertainment Software Association Suggests Using ACTA To Force Canadian DMCA
  15. Business Software Alliance on Canadian Piracy Rates
  16. Why Canada Is About To Fall Further Behind the U.S. on Tech Policy
  17. Rogers Restructures Bill: Drops System Access Fee, Adds Government Regulatory Recovery Fee
  18. CIRA Should Give Out Domains, Not Door Prizes
  19. CIRA Should Give Out Domain Names, Not Door Prizes
  20. FCC Takes Stand For Net Neutrality
  21. City of Vancouver Launches Open Data Portal
  22. Government Directs CRTC To Consider Fee-For-Carriage
  23. Privacy Law Emerges as Latest Canadian Export
  24. UK Music Industry Preparing To Backdown on Three Strikes Proposals
  25. Geczy’s Open Letter to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada
  26. Conservative MPs Voice Support For Fee-For-Carriage
  27. B.C. Court of Appeal Rules No Liability For Linking
  28. Rogers Raises Questions About CRTC “Procedural Fairness”
  29. Canadian Association of Broadcasters on Copyright Reform
  30. Jesse Brown: Publicly Funded Content Should Be Public Domain
  31. 5 Major Research Universities Endorse Open-Access Journals
  32. British Cellphone Calculator Helps Cut Bills By 42%
  33. MTS, Acanac Take Net Fight With Bell To Federal Court
  34. (New) Last Day To Submit to Copyright Consultation: More Opinions Posted
  35. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion Forum: Final Results
  36. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion Forum: Final Results
  37. Privacy Law Emerges as Latest Canadian Export
  38. Still Time To Speak Out: Government Grants 48 Hour Extension For Submissions
  39. Canadian Copyright Law: Charting the Change
  40. Canadian Copyright Law: Charting the Change
  41. Has Someone Hit the Delete Key on Canada’s Digitization Strategy?
  42. Canadian IP Protection Ranked Ahead U.S., Japan, and U.K.
  43. How Crown Copyright Hurts Canadians
  44. New Copyright Consultation Submissions of Note
  45. The Copyright Consultation: My Submission
  46. The Copyright Consultation: My Submission
  47. geistcopyrightconsultsub.pdf
  48. $1,400,000.00
  49. Clement Confirms Timeline for Copyright Bill May Be Spring 2010
  50. Privacy Commissioners Urge Caution on Lawful Access
  51. MTS, CAIP, CFIB Launch Campaign for Competitive Broadband
  52. The Final Copyright Consultation Roundtable Summary: Who Said What
  53. The Final Copyright Consultation Roundtable Summary: Who Said What
  54. The Missing Roundtable Transcripts
  55. CCER Posts Copyright Submission
  56. Bell: Why Don’t Content Owners Sue Our Subscribers?
  57. How UK Government Spun 136 People Into 7 Million Illegal File Sharers
  58. Century 21 Canada Does Battle With Rogers Over Zoocasa
  59. Six Days Left: Canadian Net Users Caught As Copyright Consultation Nears Conclusion
  60. Has Someone Hit the Delete Key on Canada’s Digitization Strategy?
  61. Copyright Consultation Submission Summary: Over 4,000 Posted Through August 31st
  62. Copyright Consultation Submission Summary: Over 4,000 Posted Through August 31st
  63. “Expensive, Illogical, and Extraordinarily Negative”
  64. Geczy on Copyright Reform
  65. Project Gutenberg Canada’s Copyright Reform Recommendations
  66. CCER Argues for Technological Neutrality in Copyright Reform
  67. Cory Doctorow on Canadian Copyright Reform
  68. The Edmonton and Quebec City Copyright Roundtables
  69. The Edmonton and Quebec City Copyright Roundtables
  70. Crowdsourcing a Copyright Submission on Crown Copyright
  71. Copyright Reform and Consumer Rights
  72. Pirate Party on the Copyright Balance
  73. CIRA Board Nomination Support Period Coming to an End
  74. Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Rules Internet Hate Provision Unconstitutional
  75. ITBusiness Hosts Copyright Debate
  76. Knopf On Peterborough Copyright Roundtable
  77. Edmonton Citizens Copyright Round Table
  78. Tucows Speaks Out on Copyright
  79. York University Obtains Court Order For Bell & Rogers Subscriber Information
  80. Reaction to the Cellphone Cost Calculator Story

August 2009

  1. How Telco Lobbying Helped Quietly Kill Consumer Cell Phone Cost Calculator
  2. Globe on the Push for an iPod Levy
  3. How Telco Lobby Helped Kill Consumer Cell Phone Cost Calculator
  4. American Federation of Musicians Demand NDP Apology For Supporting Balanced Copyright
  5. American Federation of Musicians Demand NDP Apology For Supporting Balanced Copyright
  6. Now Magazine on the Toronto Town Hall
  7. Clement: No Copyright Bill Until Late 2009 At the Earliest, Spring 2010 Possible
  8. Clement: No Copyright Bill Until Late 2009 At the Earliest, Spring 2010 Possible
  9. Why Did Security Guards Stop CFS From Distributing Flyers at the Copyright Town Hall?
  10. Why Did Security Guards Stop CFS From Distributing Flyers at the Copyright Town Hall?
  11. Facebook Settles With Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  12. The Toronto Music Industry Town Hall
  13. The Toronto Music Industry Town Hall
  14. Tossell on Copyright and “Users”
  15. Russell McOrmond on Protection From DRM
  16. Now Magazine Urges Participation In Toronto Town Hall
  17. NZ Government Releases Draft Open Licensing Framework
  18. CRTC Identifies Three DNCL Violators
  19. Privacy Commissioner Expected To Release Facebook Compromise Today
  20. Government May Be Altering Copyright Submissions Without Consent
  21. Charlie Angus on Copyright Reform
  22. Does ACTA Violate European Constitutional Law?
  23. FCC Chair Pledges To Enforce Net Neutrality
  24. ACTRA Chair Presses Moral Rights Reform
  25. How Does Canada’s Digital Music Market Really Stack Up?
  26. How Does Canada’s Digital Music Market Really Stack Up?
  27. Collier-Brown on Copyright Reform
  28. Meera Nair on Breaking Copyright Ranks
  29. CRTC Seeks UBB Pricing Answers From Bell
  30. Visualizing Canadian Lobbying
  31. Shaw Files Suit Against Novus Over Claims
  32. Why Canada Lags on Wireless
  33. CRTC Refuses To Name Do-Not-Call Violators
  34. Athabasca University Issues Public Letter to Students on Copyright Consultation
  35. Canada Hardly a Leader in Wireless World
  36. Canadian Student Groups Speak Out on Copyright
  37. Canadian Student Groups Speak Out on Copyright
  38. Danielle Parr on Anti-Circumvention Legislation
  39. Brad Fox on Format Shifting
  40. Music Groups Gearing Up As Part of Copyright Consultation
  41. Music Groups Gearing Up As Part of Copyright Consultation
  42. Bill Henderson on the SAC Proposal
  43. Petition Calls On Government To Scrap CRTC
  44. Speak Out On Copyright: The Video
  45. Vancouver Fair Copyright Coalition Issues Copyright Consultation Guide
  46. Brad Fox on Reducing the Term of Copyright
  47. ITWorldCanada on CIPPIC’s DigitalAgenda.ca
  48. How Canada’s New Copyright Law Will Affect You
  49. Katz on Copyright Collectives
  50. Guardian’s Music Blog on Spotify
  51. CARTT Reports on New Canadian DTH Company
  52. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion Forum – Through August 17, 2009
  53. Odd Letter-to-the-Editor of the Day
  54. Time Expires for Facebook Privacy Compliance
  55. Designing A Copyright Law That’s Built To Last
  56. Designing A Copyright Law That’s Built To Last
  57. CFHSS Issues Call for Copyright Action
  58. Wal-Mart Issues Legal Threat To SmartCanucks.ca
  59. Host Your Own Copyright Townhall
  60. EFF Urges Canadians To Speak Out on Copyright
  61. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 31 – August 9, 2009
  62. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 31 – August 9, 2009
  63. Green Party on Copyright Reform
  64. Mad Men By-Passes Canadian Broadcast For iTunes
  65. Writers Guild Canada Urges Action on Copyright
  66. Is The MPAA Serious About Enforcing Its Copyrights in Canada?
  67. CIPPIC Launches DigitalAgenda.ca
  68. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Roundtables: Fair Dealing Emerges As Top Issue
  69. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Roundtables: Fair Dealing Emerges As Top Issue
  70. Privacy Commissioner Issues Finding Against U.S.-Based Abika.com
  71. ReportsCanada.ca Launches as Public Policy Report Aggregator
  72. Documentary Organization of Canada Pushes Fair Dealing Reform
  73. CRTC Approves Bell’s Request For Wholesale Usage Based Billing
  74. U.S. Net Neutrality Bill Big Leap Over Canadian Law
  75. OECD Says Canadian Wireless Rates Third Highest in the Developed World
  76. deBeer on the Copyright Consultation
  77. Entertainment Consumers Association Launches Copyright Consult Page
  78. Halifax Copyright Roundtable Attendee List and Podcast Posted
  79. Halifax Copyright Roundtable Attendee List and Podcast Posted
  80. ITBusiness on the Copyright Conundrum
  81. Taylor Creates Google Earth/Canadian Election Data Mashup
  82. University of Saskatchewan Launches iPhone App
  83. Bell and Rogers Square Off Over Internet Speed Claims
  84. Bell and Rogers Square Off Over Internet Speed Claims
  85. The Copyright Consulation: Five Weeks Left As Stakes Build
  86. The Copyright Consulation: Five Weeks Left As Stakes Build
  87. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 25-30, 2009
  88. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 25-30, 2009
  89. Trosow on Wal-Mart Using IP To Shut Down Union Site
  90. ACTRA Posts Position on Copyright Reform
  91. RCMP Shuts Down Counterfeit Drug Ring
  92. The Ethics of Downloading Music You Already Own
  93. Bill Patry Back With Book and Blog
  94. CIRPA Changes Name to CIMA
  95. Writers’ Union of Canada Chair on Copyright Reform
  96. Bell Takes Fee-For-Carriage to the Federal Court of Appeal
  97. Pippa Lawson on Privacy
  98. Olivier Charbonneau on Fair Copyright Reform
  99. Manitoba Music Industry Association Distances Self From CRIA On Copyright Reform
  100. Manitoba Music Industry Association Distances Self From CRIA On Copyright Reform
  101. Winnipeg Copyright Roundtable Attendee List and Podcast Posted
  102. Winnipeg Copyright Roundtable Attendee List and Podcast Posted
  103. CRIA & CMPDA Lobbyist Calls for Three Strikes System for Canada
  104. Closed Copyright Consultation in Winnipeg Draws Criticism
  105. Google Canada on Privacy and Technology
  106. ACTRA on Copyright Reform
  107. CRTC Releases Communications Monitoring Report
  108. Ignatieff Joins Writers Union, Called Major Coup on Copyright
  109. Petition Amazon Kindle DRM Launches
  110. Bell Redirecting Failed DNS Lookups
  111. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions: July 20 – 24, 2009
  112. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion Forum – Through August 4, 2009
  113. Openness and Crowdsourcing Combine To Change Government
  114. Openness and Crowdsourcing Changing Government
  115. Audio of Gatineau Copyright Roundtable Online
  116. Court Confirms IsoHunt Case Goes To Full Trial
  117. Some Copyright Wish Lists
  118. Wedding Dance Video Shows Monetization Power
  119. The Globe on Ottawa’s High Tech Plan
  120. Parody and Copyright: In the Government’s Own Words

July 2009

  1. “New Copyright Bill Will Affect Every Canadian”
  2. “Fair Dealing Is Not For Sale”
  3. Industry Canada Publishes National Broadband Maps
  4. Government Backs Newspaper Digitization Initiative
  5. Amazon Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Kindle Deletion
  6. CRA Warns Ebay Sellers To Pay Taxes
  7. Montreal Copyright Town Hall: Summary Review
  8. Media Awareness Network on Copyright in the Media Age
  9. Survey Shows Wide Opposition to Two-Tier OTA Television
  10. ITWorldCanada on Copyright Reform
  11. The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: Brief Summary
  12. Shaw Drops “Price Bomb” on Fibre Competitor
  13. The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: My Opening Remarks
  14. The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: The Participants
  15. Access Copyright Warns On Copyright Consultation
  16. CRTC Issues Questions for Federal Ct on ISPs and Broadcast Act
  17. Canada’s Top 20 Web 2.0 Companies
  18. The Amazon Kindle and an Orwellian Misstep
  19. BitTorrent Speaks: Correcting the Record in CRTC Net Neutrality Hearing
  20. Transcripts for Vancouver and Calgary Copyright Consultations Posted Online
  21. Angus: C-61 Was “Bulky, Unenforceable, and Ultimately Ridiculous”
  22. Ofcom Criticizes UK ISPs On Misleading Advertising
  23. CMEC Seeks Review of Copyright Board K-12 Decision
  24. The Return of Captain Copyright? CIPO Launches “Promoting Respect for IP Rights”
  25. The Return of Captain Copyright? CIPO Launches “Promoting Respect for IP Rights”
  26. ITAC on Copyright Reform and Innovation
  27. More Ways to Speak Out: SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Profile Pix, Banners and Buttons
  28. More Ways to Speak Out: SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Profile Pix, Banners and Buttons
  29. The Amazon Kindle and an Orwellian Misstep
  30. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions – Brief Summaries (July 20, 21)
  31. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Submissions – Brief Summaries (July 20, 21)
  32. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Four
  33. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Four
  34. Great First Day For SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca
  35. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Three
  36. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Three
  37. Globalive vs. Telus on Canadian Wireless
  38. Victoria Times-Colonist: “Web Users Deserve Honesty”
  39. SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches: My New Site on the Copyright Consultation
  40. SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches: My New Site on the Copyright Consultation
  41. Calgary Copyright Roundtable Participants
  42. Copyright Consultation Coverage: Submissions, Media, Letters
  43. Yet Another Call for An ISP Levy
  44. Open Government Resolution Coming to Calgary
  45. CRTC Orders Broadcasters, Telcos To Improve Accessibility
  46. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum
  47. Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum
  48. Responding to the Copyright Consultation: My Short Answer
  49. Copyright Consultation Running On Open Source Software
  50. Copyright Consultation Launches: Time For Canadians To Speak Out
  51. Copyright Consultation Launches: Time For Canadians To Speak Out
  52. Canada’s Position on a WIPO Treaty for the Blind
  53. CRTC Net Neutrality Hearing Open Door To Regulatory Action
  54. Net Neutrality Hearing Paves The Way for Action
  55. “C-61 Didn’t Go Far Enough”
  56. “C-61 Didn’t Go Far Enough”
  57. Latest Round of ACTA Negotiations Conclude
  58. Amazon Remotely Deletes E-Books From Kindle Readers
  59. Government Issues Media Advisory For Copyright Consultation
  60. Government Issues Media Advisory For Copyright Consultation
  61. The ISP Copyright Consultation Questions
  62. Industry Canada Launches Crowdsource Initiative To Map Broadband Access
  63. The ISP Copyright Consultation Questions
  64. The Era of Free TV Coming to an End
  65. The Free TV Era Comes to an End
  66. National Post Podcast on Net Neutrality
  67. Groups Call on U.S. Government To Drop Internet From ACTA
  68. No Place for State in our Hard Drives?
  69. Privacy Commissioner Finds Facebook Violating Canadian Privacy Law
  70. In Case You Missed It: Reflecting on the CRTC’s Net Neutrality Hearing
  71. The Forthcoming Copyright Consultation – An Update
  72. The Forthcoming Copyright Consultation – An Update
  73. Harris-Decima Poll on Net Neutrality
  74. CRTC Network Management Hearing, Day Seven: Bell
  75. New NetNeutrality.ca Launches
  76. New Zealand Releases Consultation on Revised Three Strikes Proposal
  77. CRTC Network Management Hearing, Day Six: Union des Consommateurs, Rogers, Videotron, Shaw
  78. Questions For Bell
  79. Canada Shedding Reputation as Illegal Camcording Haven
  80. UK Report Says Users Shifting From P2P To Streaming
  81. Opposition MPs Call on CRTC To Name DNCL Violators
  82. Canadian Copyright Consultation To Launch July 20th
  83. CRTC Network Management Hearing, Day Five: Telus, Cogeco, Barrett Xplore
  84. CBC on the Throttled Fundraiser For Sick Kids
  85. G8 Pushes Ahead With ACTA Negotiations
  86. Disclosed.ca Aggregates Canadian Government Contracts
  87. The State of Parliamentary Digitization
  88. CRTC Network Management Hearings, Day Four: CAIP, CIPPIC for CDM, Execulink, Primus
  89. Radio-Canada Issues YouTube Takedown Over Harper Communion Video
  90. Alberta Health Services Hit With Privacy Breach
  91. CRTC Network Management Hearings, Day Three: IFTA & CFTPA, CCD & ARCH, ACTRA, MTS Allstream
  92. ACTRA Speaks Out For Net Neutrality
  93. Did the CRTC Misunderstand the CAIP Throttling Case Against Bell?
  94. CRTC Issues First Notices of Violation of Do-Not-Call List
  95. Health Research Funders Join To Create PubMed Central Canada
  96. Pope Benedict XVI on Intellectual Property
  97. Pirate Party MEP on Copyright and Online Freedoms
  98. Kenyan AIDS Patients Challenge Anti-Counterfeiting Law
  99. CRTC Network Management Hearings, Day Two: Open Internet Coalition, Zip.ca, CISP, Roks, Mezei
  100. Ten Canadians Each Month Fall for Nigerian Net Scam
  101. Elizabeth May Advocates Against “Crazy Copyright Laws”
  102. CRTC Re-Opens Door to Fee-For-Carriage
  103. CRTC Network Management Hearings, Day One: Sandvine, Juniper, Consumer Groups
  104. CRTC Sets Requirements for Digital TV Transition
  105. CRTC Net Neutrality Hearings Open Amid ISPs’ Conflicting Claims
  106. Net Neutrality Hearings Open With Conflicting Claims
  107. Study Finds Open Access Saves Millions of Dollars
  108. Hill Times Features Op-Ed Copyright Lobby Recycling
  109. Celebrate Canada Day with Beers for Canada

June 2009

  1. Geist – Copyright Unravelling
  2. Is BNN Trying To Silence Copyright Debate?
  3. Canadian Press on a Canadian Pirate Party
  4. Search Engine Talks to Van Loan on Privacy Expectations
  5. Deibert and Rohozinski on a Canadian Cyberwar Strategy
  6. ACTA Update: New Meetings, New Partners, New Issues
  7. Garneau Responds: Clarifying the Liberal Copyright Recommendation
  8. Garneau Responds: Clarifying the Liberal Copyright Recommendation
  9. Analysis of the Legality of Downloading in Canada
  10. Brad Fox on Net Neutrality
  11. Cross Country Checkup on Lawful Access
  12. Liberal Party Recommends Ratification of WIPO Internet Treaties
  13. Liberal Party Recommends Ratification of WIPO Internet Treaties
  14. Clement and Moore Embrace Canada’s Digital Future
  15. Elections Canada Pushing For E-Voting
  16. Copyright Board Releases Educational Copyright Decision
  17. Rogers Again Injects Web Pages With Its Own Content
  18. CFTPA on Bell’s Throttling Practices
  19. Knopf on the Moore Speech
  20. Full Transcript of My C-27 Committee Appearance
  21. Spectrum Lobbying Begins: Bell, Telus, Rogers Say They Overpaid Last Time
  22. Unravelling the Canadian Copyright Policy Laundering Strategy
  23. Unravelling the Canadian Copyright Policy Laundering Strategy
  24. Reflecting on the Digital Economy Conference
  25. Reflecting on the Digital Economy Conference
  26. Cosh on Lawful Access
  27. Out of Balance
  28. Canada’s Digital Economy: Toward A Safer, Stronger Online Marketplace
  29. The Guardian’s Crowdsourcing Success
  30. Ordinary Thursday Anything But For Canadian Internet
  31. Ordinary Thursday Anything But For Canadian Internet
  32. Liberals Take A Stand For Net Neutrality
  33. Knopf Exposes CRIA’s Myths About Myths
  34. Conference Board Apologies To Curtis Cook
  35. CP on Open Source Software in the Canadian Government
  36. Liberal MP Says More Work Needed on Do-Not-Call
  37. Government Introduces Bill To Require Surveillance Capabilities, Mandated Subscriber Disclosure
  38. Lawful Access Bill to Be Introduced This Week
  39. CRTC Claims Misuse of Do-Not-Call List An Urban Myth
  40. Expert Says Text Message Mark-Up Is 4,900 Percent
  41. Conference Board of Canada Issues Statement on IP Reports
  42. Conference Board of Canada Issues Statement on IP Reports
  43. Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
  44. Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
  45. Microsoft Sues Three Vancouver Residents For Click Fraud
  46. Canulu Offers Canadian Hulu Access…For A Price
  47. Bell Kills Video Store Creating New Round of DRM Victims
  48. In Search of A Canadian Digital Action Plan
  49. In Search of a Canadian Digital Action Strategy
  50. Canada Confirms ACTA Participation
  51. Arbritrator Rules Lakehead University Can Switch Email System to Gmail
  52. House of Commons Committee Releases Privacy Act Study
  53. Obama Administration Confirms ACTA Support
  54. Setting the Record Straight On the ECPA (C-27)
  55. Bell Calls for “Spectrum Fee Holiday”
  56. U.S. Digital TV Transition Day While Canada Still Years Away
  57. Joining the EFF Advisory Board
  58. Debating C-27: My Appearance Before the Industry Committee
  59. U of Ottawa Tech Group Still Hiring
  60. Human Rights Commission Argues For Continued Role in Addressing Online Hate
  61. Tossell Returns With Pirate Party Piece
  62. French Three Strikes Rule Strikes Out
  63. Net Neutrality Town Hall in Ottawa Tonight
  64. You Can’t Buy That Here
  65. Time To Slay the File Sharing Myths
  66. Time To Slay the File Sharing Myths
  67. Time To Slay File Sharing Myths
  68. Canada’s Telecom Crisis: My Appearance Before the Senate Transport and Communications Committee
  69. Trouble With the Board
  70. Trouble With the Board
  71. Pirate Party Success in European Parliament Elections
  72. CIRA Launches WHOIS Consultation
  73. Canadian Patent Appeal Board Rules Against Business Method Patents
  74. CRTC New Media Decision: Hands Off The Internet. . . For Now
  75. St. Arnaud on the State of Canadian Broadband
  76. Media Coverage of the Lobby Interference With Conference Board Study
  77. Vuze Study Finds P2P Users Are Hollywood’s Best Customers
  78. Copycense on a History of The Special 301 Report
  79. Ombud for Victims of Crime Calls For ISPs To Disclose CNA Data Without Court Oversight
  80. Billboard Reports Canadian Copyright Consultation This Summer
  81. Ex-Conference Board Author Speaks Out; Confirms “Push Back” From Copyright Lobby Funders
  82. Ex-Conference Board Author Speaks Out; Confirms “Push Back” From Copyright Lobby Funders
  83. Search Engine on the Conference Board of Canada’s Plagiarized Reports
  84. Foreign Affairs Posts ACTA Consultation Responses
  85. Montreal Board of Trade Demands Removal of iPhone App
  86. CRTC Chair Says Broadcast and Telco Acts Need Overhaul
  87. The Agenda’s Decade of Downloading Debate
  88. Cinema Guzzo Faces $10K Damage Award for Invasive Search
  89. SaveOurNet.ca To Host Town Hall Meetings Across Canada
  90. OECD Report Finds Canadian Broadband Slow, Expensive
  91. Report Finds Canadian High-Speed Internet Slow, Expensive

May 2009

  1. “The reports were not intended to please any particular lobby”
  2. Angus Introduces Net Neutrality Bill
  3. Minister Moore on the Hour
  4. C-SPAN Says It Won’t Sue Conservatives Over Ignatieff Footage
  5. Debating The ECPA
  6. The 2009 Canadian Copyright Lobby Scoreboard
  7. The 2009 Canadian Copyright Lobby Scoreboard
  8. Now on the “Cut and Paste Caper”
  9. Conference Board Recalls All Three IP Reports
  10. Conference Board Recalls All Three IP Reports
  11. Cambridge Study on DRM and Freedom of Expression
  12. Panel Strikes Blow Against Business Method Patents in Canada
  13. BSA Admits Canadian Software Piracy Rates Estimated; Canada Viewed as Low Piracy Country
  14. Conference Board Plagiarism Story Front Page News For Second Day
  15. Conference Board Ignored Independent Study Commissioned For Digital Economy Report
  16. Conference Board Plagiarism Story Front Page News, Gov’t Says It Contributed $15K To Report
  17. Conference Board of Canada Responds, Stands By Its Report
  18. DFAIT Posts Questionnaire on Canada – EU Economic Agreement
  19. Manitoba Debating New Private Sector Privacy Law
  20. Vancouver Embraces Open Data, Standards and Source
  21. The Conference Board of Canada’s Deceptive, Plagiarized Digital Economy Report
  22. The Conference Board of Canada’s Deceptive, Plagiarized Digital Economy Report
  23. One Thousand Connections Per Day
  24. Doctorow on Copyright, Critics, and Fans
  25. The Friday Forum: Digitizing Books and the Google Book Search Settlement
  26. CAIP Calls on CRTC To Reverse Bell Throttling Decision
  27. Canada Working To Kill Negotiations on Medical R&D Treaty
  28. Canadian Firm Wins $200 Million Patent Award Over Microsoft
  29. U.S. Congressional Caucus Places Canada On Another Watch List
  30. You Can’t Handle The Truth
  31. BSA’s Sweden Piracy Stats Entirely Estimated
  32. CAIRS.Info: The Launch of a New Access-To-Information Site
  33. Search Engine Adopts Creative Commons Licence
  34. Berman Bill Seeks To Expand U.S. IP Enforcement Efforts
  35. Soundproof Books
  36. PrivacyAdvocates.ca
  37. Anti-Spam Bill Will Face Tough Fight Over Consumer Protections
  38. Anti-Spam Bill Faces Fight Over Consumer Protections
  39. The Download Decade Turns to Copyright
  40. The Download Decade Turns to Copyright
  41. New Zealand Launches ACTA Consultation
  42. Vancouver Moves Toward Becoming an Open City
  43. Divisions Between US and EU Begin to Appear Over ACTA
  44. Library and Archives Canada Kicks Out Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
  45. Wikileaks Posts Conservative Party Talking Points
  46. The Download Decade Looks at the Ethics of Piracy
  47. Vancise Re-Appointed to Copyright Board
  48. “Cataclysmic Risk”
  49. The Friday Forum – Open Access Issues
  50. Brazil to Submit WBU Treaty Proposal to WIPO
  51. IOC Approves Athlete Blogging Policy for Vancouver 2010 Games
  52. MEP Urges Action Against France For Violating EU Law With Three Strikes Rule
  53. China Opposes Extension of IGF Mandate
  54. Report Shows Canada Declining As Source of P2P Infringement Claims
  55. Felten’s Three-Strikes Proposal
  56. U.S. and Europe Talking Tougher on Net Neutrality
  57. The Download Decade Continues
  58. Ontario Court Says No Expectation Of Privacy in Data On Work Computer
  59. Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians Adopts Copyright Resolutions
  60. France’s Contradiction on Piracy
  61. Auditor General Releases Report on Government IP
  62. French Assembly Adopts Three Strikes Legislation
  63. Podcast of Lecture on the Canadian Copyfight
  64. Apple Rejects iPhone BitTorrent App
  65. Does The WIPO Copyright Treaty Work? The Business Software Association Piracy Data
  66. WIPO ratify and BSA piracy
  67. Electronic Commerce Protection Act Headed To Committee Following Odd Debate
  68. RCMP Arrest Five Men For Pirated DVD Sales
  69. Do-Not-Call List Backfires
  70. University of Calgary Library Adopts OA Mandate
  71. House of Commons Lawyers Sent Takedown Notices Over Committee Video
  72. House of Commons Lawyers Sent Takedown Notices Over Committee Video
  73. MPs Miss Chance To Embrace YouTube Generation
  74. Globe and Mail Launches the Download Decade
  75. EC Launches Consultation On Canadian IP Laws
  76. Lofgren “Very Nervous” About ACTA
  77. Globe Drops Tossell Column
  78. Elsevier Published Six Fake Journals
  79. The Friday Forum – A Weekly Series of Virtual Conferences – Open Access
  80. Tossell’s Last Globe Column
  81. The MPAA on How to Camcord
  82. EFF and PK Call For Greater ACTA Transparency
  83. Torontoist Talks To Jesse Brown
  84. Canada’s Top 25 Political Blogs
  85. IFPI Links Canada – EU Free Trade Negotiations With Copyright Reform
  86. C-61: A Speculative Documentary
  87. C-61: A Speculative Documentary
  88. European Parliament Rejects Telecom Package Due to Internet Rights Concerns
  89. The Star on the Do-Not-Call List
  90. The Economist Debates Copyright
  91. Vancouver Sun on the USTR Special 301 Report
  92. 50 Days And Counting for CIRA Board Minutes
  93. State of the Innovation Nation, 2008
  94. Canada’s Pitiful Open Source Activity Ranking
  95. Globe and Robertson Settle Copyright Class Action
  96. A Nation of Pirates?
  97. Canadian Judge Blocks Cameras in Courtroom, Permits Twitter
  98. Ten Years of Code
  99. Microsoft Wins Big Damage Award in Copyright Case
  100. The Blacklist Backlash
  101. Europe Pushes For ICANN Reform
  102. Search Engine on the Special 301 Report
  103. Concordia Drops Facebook Block
  104. Nominet Trust Awards Millions For Internet Projects
  105. Merck and Elsevier Published Fake Journal
  106. U.S. List Unfairly Tarnishes Canada’s Digital Reputation
  107. U.S. List Unfairly Tarnishes Canada’s Digital Reputation
  108. U.S. List Unfairly Tarnishes Canada’s Digital Reputation
  109. Could Placing Canada on the Priority Watch List Backfire?
  110. New Zealand Plans To Scrap Copyright Law and Start Over?

April 2009

  1. Clement’s Office Says Copyright Consultations Coming This Summer
  2. The Absurdity of the USTR’s Blame Canada Approach
  3. The Absurdity of the USTR’s Blame Canada Approach
  4. Swedish Poll Show Pirate Party With Five Percent National Support
  5. U.S. Targets Canada Over Copyright in Special 301 Report
  6. U.S. Targets Canada Over Copyright in Special 301 Report
  7. Consumers International Releases IP Watch List
  8. BBC Film Critic on Movie Piracy
  9. Better Late Than Never
  10. The Electronic Commerce Protection Act – The Competition Act Provisions
  11. Stockwell Day Hears About IP in U.S. Visit
  12. Warner Music Issues Takedown on Lessig Presentation
  13. The Electronic Commerce Protection Act – The Privacy Provisions
  14. The Estimated Revenues From Fee-For-Carriage
  15. The Electronic Commerce Protection Act – The Enforcement Prohibitions
  16. EU Gives Go Ahead For Canada Trade Talks
  17. USPTO Offering Millions for Int’l IP Protection Programs
  18. Canadian Music Piracy Claims, Circa 1897
  19. Wanted: Canadian Tech Head
  20. The Untold Story of Do-Not-Call Enforcement (aka Why Killing Do-Not-Call Can’t Come Fast Enough)
  21. Government Quietly Lays Groundwork For Overhaul of Do-Not-Call List
  22. Why the ECPA Lays the Groundwork To Kill The Do-Not Call List
  23. The Electronic Commerce Protection Act – The Spam Prohibitions
  24. Canada Introduces Electronic Commerce Protection Act (aka Anti-Spam Bill)
  25. CIRA Domain Name Dispute Panel Finds Reverse Hijacking
  26. York University Joins Internet Archive Book Scanning Project
  27. BBC Column on ACTA
  28. Heritage Committee Issues Report on Culture Cuts
  29. Government to Introduce Anti-Spam Legislation
  30. Pirate Bay Demands Retrial Amid Conflict Allegations
  31. Entertainment Software Association Lobbies For Reintroduction Of C-61
  32. Biden Calls Out Canada on IP Protection
  33. Doctorow Says Bring It On
  34. Copyright Board of Canada Looking for Board Members
  35. The European ACTA Consultation
  36. Canadian Publisher Offers Forthcoming Book as Free Download
  37. UK Mobile Operators Blocking Pirate Bay
  38. Norwegian Study Finds Downloaders Buy More Music
  39. CRTC Extends Do-Not-Call Registrations to Five Years
  40. Desire2Learn Wins Patent Battle in the U.S.
  41. A Googlized Torrent Search Engine
  42. Policy Toolkit Nearly Empty In Bid To Support Local TV
  43. The U.S. Copyright Agenda and Chinese Freedom of Speech
  44. Slate on the Perfect Online Movie Service
  45. Hundreds Protest Against Pirate Bay Decision
  46. Policy Toolkit Nearly Empty In Bid To Support Local TV
  47. Metric: A Canadian Digital Music Success Story
  48. University of Ottawa Tech Law Group is Hiring
  49. Kerr on Privacy and Anonymity
  50. MP Voting Records Go Online
  51. Samuelson on the Google Book Search Settlement
  52. Why The Pirate Bay Decision Does Not Mean Canada Needs Copyright Reform
  53. Foreign Affairs Posts Summary of ACTA Consultation Meeting
  54. World IP Day Event on Parliament Hill
  55. Misconceptions About Canadian Copyright Term
  56. Swedish Court Finds Pirate Bay Founders Guilty of Copyright Infringement
  57. DRM and the Amazon Kindle
  58. CRIA and CMPDA Step Up Canadian Copyright Lobby Campaign
  59. Don’t Leave Canada Behind Campaign
  60. Progress Report on the WIPO Development Agenda
  61. ACTA vs. APEC
  62. Chan On Open Access
  63. Fights Over Bandwidth Caps
  64. The ACTA Threat to the Future of WIPO
  65. Goldstein Introduces Patent Reform Bill To Ease Access To Medicines
  66. 15 Years of Anti-Piracy Warnings
  67. Korean Version of ACTA Timeline
  68. Patent Reform Would Ease Path For AIDS Medicines To Africa
  69. Wikileaks Posts ACTA Documents Revealing Enforcement Cooperation and Practices Info
  70. French Politicians Reject Three Strikes Law
  71. B.C. Big Opt-Out
  72. City of Toronto To Launch Transparency in Government Website
  73. Copyright Board Releases Satellite Radio Royalty Decision
  74. CRIA Launching Grassroots Campaign for Canadian DMCA
  75. The ACTA Document and Obama Transparency
  76. DFAIT Posts ACTA Presentation
  77. Senate Anti-Spam Bill Passes Second Reading
  78. Lessons From the Identity Trail
  79. Protesting The Kindle 2
  80. U.S. Congressional Hearing Blames Canada, Again
  81. Canada’s ACTA Briefing, Part Five: The Fight Over a De Minimis Exception
  82. Canada’s ACTA Briefing, Part Four: Timeline
  83. Canada’s ACTA Briefing, Part Three: The Official Summary Document
  84. Canada’s ACTA Briefing, Part Two: The Treaty Provisions
  85. Canada’s ACTA Briefing, Part One: ACTA Is A Response to WIPO Gridlock
  86. France and South Korea Move Toward Three Strikes And You’re Out
  87. Privacy Commissioner Releases Essays on Deep Packet Inspection
  88. CIRA At The Crossroads
  89. CIRA At a Crossroads
  90. ACTA Consultation Report
  91. Fry Private Member’s Bill Targets Cyberbullying
  92. Canadian ACTA Consultation Report Revealed
  93. Wolverine Leaked By Inside Job
  94. Poilievre Changes His Tune on Privacy and Google Street View
  95. Government Reintroduces Identity Theft Bill
  96. European Commission Plans ACTA Consultation Meeting
  97. Reading Rights Coalition Mounts Opposition to Kindle 2 Decision
  98. G20 To Agree on World IP Litigation Court
  99. ACTA Timeline in Spanish

March 2009

  1. Liberal Party Launches Crowdsourced Questions For the PM
  2. Skype Launches iPhone App But Not in Canada
  3. FreeDominion.ca Appeals Anonymity Decision
  4. EA ‘Dumps DRM’ for Next Sims Game
  5. CRTC Launches Online Consultation on Net Neutrality
  6. The ACTA Timeline (or Everything You Need To Know About ACTA But Your Government Won’t Tell You)
  7. Canadian MP Seeks Hearings on Google Street View
  8. Australia Consults on IP Again
  9. GhostNet Garners Global Headlines
  10. NY Times on Newspapers in Europe
  11. Battle over ACTA Heats Up As DFAIT Consults, U.S. Promotes Global DMCA
  12. Battle Over Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Heats Up
  13. European Parliament Rejects Three Strikes and You’re Out Approach
  14. Role Reversal on TV Tax Debate
  15. Ontario Court Orders Website To Disclose Identity of Anonymous Posters
  16. RCMP Seeks Backdoor Wiretap Access to Blackberry Messaging
  17. Saskatchewan Drops Plans for Enhanced Drivers Licence
  18. Privacy Commissioner Sues Air Canada Over Customer Records
  19. When Did CIRA Become the Commercial Internet Registration Authority?
  20. NZ Government Drops Three Strikes Copyright Plan
  21. Songwriters Bid To Legalize File Sharing Gets a Rewrite
  22. Songwriters Bid To Legalize File Sharing Gets a Rewrite
  23. Pressure for ACTA Transparency Builds
  24. Copyright Forum Photos
  25. NBC Shuts Down Battlestar Galactica Finale Fundraiser
  26. MIT Adopts University-Wide Open Access Mandate
  27. VANOC Uses Copyright To Target Ticket Re-Seller
  28. Charlie V Twittering at Halftime
  29. Tell Me Lies
  30. Making It Work Copyright Forum
  31. Counting Crows Go Label Free
  32. Canada’s First Street View Service Launched
  33. The CRTC New Media Hearing – What Comes Next?
  34. Canadian Privacy Rights Buried in the Fine Print
  35. WIPO’s Misleading Release
  36. Canadian Privacy Rights Buried in the Fine Print
  37. Criticism of NZ Copyright Reforms Continues
  38. Shirky on the Future of Newspapers
  39. Saskatchewan Delays Enhanced Drivers Licence
  40. Is There a Fix for Broken TV?
  41. Canada Favours Early Release of ACTA Text
  42. U.S. Government Says ACTA a National Security Secret
  43. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Ten: Quebecor, MTS Allstream, CAIP, RipNet, Barrett, Bell, and Telus
  44. CRIA Says ISPs Central Issue Facing the Industry
  45. IsoHunt and CRIA Face Off In Court
  46. UK Performers Launch Featured Artists Coalition
  47. Angus Reid Surveys Find Public Against New Media and File Sharing ISP Levies
  48. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Nine: Astral, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw, CTV, CCSA
  49. European Parliament Votes For Greater ACTA Transparency
  50. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Eight: ON Min. of Culture, OMDC, ACA, Pelmorex, Stornoway, Score, NHL
  51. Rogers Plans ‘Canadian Hulu’
  52. Foreign Affairs Launches Consultation on Canada – India Economic Partnership
  53. NZ ISP Rejects Copyright Code
  54. Survey Association Survey Says Do-Not-Call List Works
  55. James Moore’s TV Habits
  56. Canadian Presence Requirements vs. Canadian Content Requirements
  57. RIM’s Recordings
  58. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Sets Up Its Own Bittorrent Tracker
  59. Consumer Groups Seek Tighter Rules on ‘Premium’ SMS Charges
  60. The Mother of All Funk Chords
  61. Storm Clouds Ahead for Canadian Wireless World
  62. Storm Clouds Ahead for Canadian Wireless World
  63. Canadian MPs Not Masters of their Domains
  64. RIP! A Remix Manifesto To Hit Screens Across Canada
  65. Terry McBride on the Music Industry
  66. Do As We Say, Not As We Do
  67. Winnipeg Man Faces 52 Copyright Charges
  68. Major Tech Companies To Drop Support For Comprehensive U.S. Privacy Law
  69. Saskatchewan School Division Pays $190,000 To Settle Software Claims
  70. Copyright Blackout Protests Go Global
  71. Indigo Uses Copyright Bullying to Stop Seen Reading Site
  72. Canada Sinks In International ICT Development Index
  73. People Flocking to the Movies
  74. Little New In New Media Hearings
  75. Little New in New Media Hearings
  76. UK Government Backs Open Source
  77. Amazon Caves on Kindle
  78. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Seven: Sirius Canada, MoboVivo, TEN Broadcasting
  79. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Six: CBC, ADISQ, Shaw Rocket Fund, ACT, Corus

February 2009

  1. Sirius Canada’s Dream Solution to the Internet Radio Threat
  2. Pilieci on Guitar Hero Success
  3. Doctorow on Music EULAs
  4. CRIA Leads the Way on January Copyright Lobbying
  5. Nintendo Not Blaming Canada
  6. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Five: CWTA, DiMA, NFB, CIA, AN
  7. Quebecor Opens Door to Canadian Three Strikes Policy
  8. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Four: CFPTA, DOC, WGC, SAC, CDM, RPM
  9. CIRPA on Blocking Access to P2P
  10. B.C. Government Voices Support for Net Neutrality
  11. Canadian Creators Groups Come Out for Net Neutrality
  12. Ontario Judge Orders Disclosure Of Facebook Profile
  13. Pelmorex Claims Canadian Carriers Violate Wireless Net Neutrality
  14. Digital TV Transition Opens Door to “WiFI on Steriods”
  15. Canadian Association of the Deaf on Net Neutrality
  16. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Three: Glassbox, FCB, Union des Consommateurs, IMAA, S-Vox, APTN
  17. Privacy Commissioner Enters Net Neutrality Fray
  18. Deadline Day
  19. Montreal Man Convicted Under Anti-Camcording Law
  20. Digital Transition Opens Door to ‘WiFi on Steriods’
  21. Blackout
  22. Saving Canada’s Internet
  23. Canadian Firm Demands Bloggers Stop Using “Netbooks”
  24. March Round of ACTA Negotiations Delayed at U.S. Request
  25. 85 Million User Generated Content Creators in 2008
  26. Commentary on the New Media Hearings
  27. Blurry Outlook for Canadian Digital TV Transition
  28. CIRPA on the ISP Business Model
  29. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day Two: Quebec Creator Unions, CIRPA, SOCAN, CEP, CaleyWray Labour/Employ
  30. Smart Pipes vs. Dumb Pipes
  31. New Zealand Sites Go Dark To Protest Copyright Bill
  32. CRA Runs Video Contest on Underground Economy
  33. CRTC New Media Hearings – Day One: CCA, ACTRA, DGC, APFTQ, APFC
  34. CRTC New Media Hearings Underway Today
  35. Copyright Culture and Documentary Films Panel
  36. Rogers – “We’re A Dumb Pipe”
  37. IIPA Targets Canada Again Over IP Rules
  38. Blurry Outlook for Canadian Digital TV Transition
  39. Apple Claims Unlocking iPhone Violates the DMCA
  40. Former Privacy Commissioner Radwanski Acquitted
  41. CRTC Considers Big Changes to Broadcast Rules, Telecom Privacy
  42. Canadian Labour Congress IP Resolution – An Update
  43. Lawful Access Back on the Legislative Agenda
  44. Deadline Nears to Speak Out on Net Neutrality
  45. Canadian Digital Broadcast Transition Won’t Include Conversion Box Program
  46. The Cost of Culture.ca
  47. Senate Spam Bill Reintroduced
  48. SCC To Webcast Hearings
  49. Moore Says Copyright Reform Bill Likely in the Fall
  50. Peeking Behind Canada’s Copyright Complaint Against China at the WTO
  51. Peeking Behind the Wall of Canada’s Copyright Complaint Against China
  52. Canadian Labour Congress Considers Major Reversal on IP Policy
  53. Government of Canada Launches RFI on Open Source Software
  54. Putting Together the ACTA Puzzle: Privacy, P2P Major Targets
  55. New Title, Same Report
  56. The Chamber of Commerce’s Counterfeit Claims
  57. Canada’s Do-Not-Call Disaster
  58. Canada’s Do-Not-Call Disaster

January 2009

  1. Les Fowlie Intellectual Freedom Award
  2. Irish ISP To Adopt Three Strikes Approach
  3. Facebook’s Chris Kelly on Canadian Privacy Law
  4. RCMP Arrests Three For Pirated DVD Sales
  5. Canada’s Private ACTA Talking Points
  6. Privacy Commissioner Releases Guidelines for Processing Data Across Borders
  7. New Brunswick Court of Appeal Rules Fed Court Proper PIPEDA Forum
  8. Budget 2009 – Money for Broadband, Part Two
  9. Budget 2009 – Money for Broadband
  10. Why the U.S. Lost Its WTO IP Complaint Against China. Badly.
  11. Canadian Chamber of Commerce Leads the Way on IP Lobbying
  12. WTO Issues Decision In U.S. – China IP Case
  13. UK Drops Plans For ISP Three Strikes and You’re Out Approach
  14. Warner Music Demands Takedown Of Music Posted on Own Band’s Website
  15. Pirating the 2009 Oscars
  16. France Announces Subsidies for Print Industry
  17. Canada Post Plays Grinch in Takedown Fight
  18. Canada Post Plays Grinch in Takedown Fight
  19. Ottawa Announces $10.7 Million Digital Media Project
  20. Mashable on Monty Python’s YouTube Success
  21. Google Calls for UK Adoption of Fair Use
  22. Debating the Success or Failure of One Laptop Per Child
  23. Survey Finds Scientists Believe IP Protection Has Negative Effect on Biological Research
  24. Liberals Unveil New Shadow Cabinet
  25. NFB Makes Films Free Online
  26. TVA’s Freelance Contract Generates Criticism
  27. Information Commissioner Calls for Greater Government Transparency
  28. U.S. Airways Flight 1549 and Social Media
  29. Saunders on Tech in Canada
  30. Masnick on the Music Industry Mindset
  31. Comparing the Fine Print at the White House and PMO Websites
  32. CRTC Net Neutrality Interrogatories
  33. The Obama Transition: Technology, Innovation and Government Reform
  34. Isle of Man To Create Legalized P2P
  35. DFAIT Consults on Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  36. Dutch Study Finds File Sharing Provides Positive Economic Impact
  37. Thinking Big About Flaherty Budget and Infrastructure Spending
  38. Flaherty Budget Could Put Tech Back on Track
  39. Gandhi’s Work Enters the Public Domain in India
  40. Do-Not-Call List Criticism Mounts as Unwanted Calls Continue
  41. Art Gallery of Ontario Photography Policy Faces Criticism
  42. CBC on the Public Domain
  43. Government Commits Nearly $2 Million for Broadband in Gaspésie
  44. Search Engine Interviews Telus
  45. McGrath on the CRTC’s Arpin
  46. YouTube Cuts Off Video Essayist Following Copyright Complaints
  47. Canadian Trademark Act Reforms Come Into Force
  48. Toronto Star Investigates Textbook Copying
  49. Canton on Facebook Activitism
  50. Copyright and the Obama Visit to Canada
  51. The Music Industry’s Digital Reversal
  52. The Music Industry’s Digital Reversal
  53. Euro-Excellence Caves, Settles With Kraft Over Copyright Import Case
  54. Canadian Digital Music Sales Growth Beats The U.S. For Third Consecutive Year
  55. Creative Commons Licensed Album Amazon’s 2008’s Top MP3 Seller
  56. 200,000 Pirated DVDs Seized From Toronto Malls
  57. Is Throttling Necessary?
  58. Fired Via Facebook
  59. Apple Drops DRM For iTunes Music
  60. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Coming Year in Tech Law
  61. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Coming Year in Tech Law
  62. Public Domain Day 2009
  63. New Brunswick To Implement Province-Wide Broadband Initiative
  64. Canada Border Services Opening Lawyer’s Mail
  65. CPCC and Best Buy Resolve Private Copying Dispute

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