The Curious Engineer

Michael Geist

2011–2012

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December 2012

  1. Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law and Policy
  2. The Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law from A to Z
  3. European Commission Drops ACTA Appeal
  4. ITU Phobia: Mueller on the WCIT
  5. UK To Introduce Wide Range of Copyright Exceptions
  6. Access Copyright Confirms K-12 Schools Dropping Licence in 2013
  7. Ellis on Voltage and TekSavvy’s Day in Court
  8. WIPO Agrees to Diplomatic Conference on Treaty for the Visually Impaired
  9. The Tax-Free Six Step Approach to a Digital Economy Strategy
  10. The Tax-Free Six Step Approach to a Digital Economy Strategy
  11. Federal Court Grants Delay in Voltage File Sharing Lawsuits
  12. CMEC Releases New Version of Copyright Matters!
  13. KEI’s Summary of the 15th Round of TPP Talks
  14. Secrecy the Standard as Canada Enters Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
  15. Secrecy the Standard as Canada Enters Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
  16. The File Sharing Lawsuits Begin: Thousands Targeted at TekSavvy
  17. File Sharing Lawsuits Could Lead to Clogged Courts as Canadians Rely on New Liability Caps
  18. File Sharing Lawsuits Could Lead to Clogged Courts as Canadians Rely on New Liability Caps

November 2012

  1. DFAIT Establishes Secret Insider Trans Pacific Partnership Consulting Group
  2. United Airlines Sues Canadian Prof Over Untied.com
  3. Conservatives Defeat Bill Promoting Developing World Access to Generic Drugs
  4. Open Call for Creative Commons Canada Advisory Board
  5. Reports Say No Intellectual Property Chapter in Canada – India Trade Agreement
  6. Why Liability Is Limited: A Primer on New Copyright Damages as File Sharing Lawsuits Head To Canada
  7. UN Internet Meeting About Who Pays, Not Who Rules
  8. UN Internet Meeting About Who Pays, Not Who Rules
  9. The CETA Leak: Major Outstanding Issues Remain in an Unbalanced Deal
  10. No Deal (Yet) on Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  11. Supreme Court Serves Stunning Reminder of Patent Bargain
  12. Supreme Court Serves Stunning Reminder of the Patent Bargain
  13. Canada To Support Concept of a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired
  14. AUCC Releases Model Fair Dealing Policy
  15. Canadian Broadcasters Seek Overhaul of Radio Copyright Fees Post-C-11 & Fair Dealing Decisions
  16. U.S. Republican Study Committee Releases Progressive Copyright Document Only To Withdraw Hours Later
  17. NPD Group Fails Basic Math: Data Shows P2P Users Spend Nearly 50% More on Music Than Non-P2P Users
  18. Canada Reportedly Ready to Cave on CETA Drug Patent Demands
  19. CRTC Launches Online Discussion on Wireless Code
  20. Fair Dealing Consensus Emerges Within Canadian Educational Community
  21. What the New Copyright Law Means For You
  22. What the New Copyright Law Means For You
  23. Interview with Kempton Lam
  24. Supreme Court Voids Viagra Patent as Insufficient Disclosure Means It Fails the “Patent Bargain”
  25. Canadian Copyright Reform In Force: Expanded User Rights Now the Law
  26. How Canadians Reclaimed the Public Interest on Digital Policy
  27. How Canadians Reclaimed the Public Interest on Digital Policy
  28. Supreme Court Confirms Privacy Survives in the Workplace
  29. Supreme Court Confirms Privacy Rights Survive in the Workplace
  30. EU Drops Demands for Inclusion of ACTA’s Criminal IP Provisions in CETA

October 2012

  1. De Gucht Says “No Illusions” About Difficult CETA Issues
  2. Government Announces Plan To Open “White Spaces” Spectrum
  3. Government To Delay Implementation of Bill C-11’s Internet Provider Rules
  4. Canadian Conference for the Arts Shutting Down
  5. The CRTC in 2017: “They Trust us to Defend their Interests as Citizens, as Creators & as Consumers”
  6. CRTC Requires Greater Transparency on Wholesale Rates
  7. Law Enforcement Renews Demand for Internet Surveillance Legislation
  8. Del Mastro Targets Online Anonymity
  9. Supreme Court To Hear Case Challenging Constitutionality of Privacy Law
  10. CRTC Pushes Bill of Rights for Consumers
  11. CRTC Pushes Bill of Rights for Consumers
  12. Reactions to the CRTC’s Bell – Astral Decision
  13. The CRTC’s Big Shift: From Tangible Benefits to the Public Interest
  14. Make No Mistake, This is a New CRTC
  15. This Is Not Your Parent’s CRTC: Commission Rejects the Bell – Astral Deal
  16. Study Finds File Sharers Buy 30% More Music Than Non-File Sharers
  17. The $2 Billion Big Pharma Giveaway in CETA: Can the Government Ignore Its Own Internal Analysis?
  18. BC Government Launches Open Textbook Initiative
  19. CETA Negotiations Continue Under Cloud of ACTA Concerns
  20. Internet Governance World Meets in Toronto Amid New Domains Controversy
  21. Internet Governance World Meets in Toronto Amid New Domains Controversy
  22. Government Study Finds CETA Drug Patent Reforms Would Cost Canadians Billions
  23. Gordon Ritchie on CETA and the TPP
  24. TPP Negotiations Present Far More Questions Than Answers
  25. Ontario Public School Boards Preparing To Drop Access Copyright Next Year
  26. cmecfairdealing
  27. Are CRIA and the MPA-Canada Now Opposed to Canadian Content Rules?
  28. CRTC Releases Anti-Spam Regulation Compliance Bulletins
  29. Ibbitson on the End of Bill C-30
  30. Why It’s Time for a Canadian Digitization Strategy Based on Fair Dealing
  31. The Dramatic Growth of Open Access
  32. ACTA: The Ethical Analysis of a Failure and Its Lessons
  33. Canada Officially Joins Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
  34. Google Faces Canadian Gmail Lawsuit Over Email Scanning
  35. Two Canadian Universities Hit By Security Breaches
  36. Access To Information Requests To Go Online
  37. Random Government Takedown Demands Point to Need for Policy
  38. Random Government Takedown Demands Point to Need for Policy
  39. CETA Update: Copyright Deal Has Been Reached, Patents To Go To the Ministers
  40. Information Commissioner Launches Consultation on Access to Information
  41. Privacy Commissioner Should Disclose the Identities of Privacy “Leakers”
  42. Privacy Commissioner Should Name “Leaky” Websites
  43. Posner on Copyright: Restrictive Fair Use a Risk To Creativity
  44. The Canadian Public’s Effect on the CRTC Ruling on Whether BCE could Buy Astral
  45. Educational Fair Dealing Policy Shows Why the Access Copyright Licence Provides Little Value
  46. fairdealingpolicy

September 2012

  1. CIRA’s Opportunity
  2. Warman v. Fournier Copyright Case Appealed
  3. Copyright Lobby Demands Rollback of Recent Canadian Reforms in Secretive Trade Deal
  4. Copyright Lobby Demands Rollback of Recent Canadian Reforms in Secretive Trade Deal
  5. Setting the Stage for the Next Decade of Open Access
  6. Setting the Stage for the Next Decade of Open Access
  7. Eviscerated or Not: Katz on Access Copyright
  8. The Nexus of Copyright and Intellectual Privacy
  9. Copyright Board: Supreme Court Copyright Decision is “Clear and Leaves No Room for Interpretations”
  10. Dutch Government Says No CETA With ACTA Provisions
  11. Will ACTA Ever Become a Valid Treaty?
  12. The Economist on Trade Deals and Patent Protection
  13. CIRA Election Opens Today: I Need Your Support to Help Bring the Public Interest Back to CIRA
  14. CRTC Places Consumers and Access at the Top of its Priority List
  15. CRTC Places Consumers and Access at the Top of its Priority List
  16. The [Fill in the Blank] Defence of Bell – Astral
  17. Reports Indicate Japan Ratifies ACTA
  18. ACCC Legal Counsel: Access Copyright Licence Provides “Little Value”
  19. The Economist on Canadian Copyright Law
  20. Putting Some Substance into Canada’s Digital Economy Penske File
  21. Putting Some Substance into Canada’s Digital Economy Penske File

August 2012

  1. How To Address Canadian Media Convergence if Bell – Astral is Approved
  2. How To Address Canadian Media Convergence if Bell – Astral is Approved
  3. Conservative Chair of International Trade Committee: TPP is Doha-Lite
  4. NDP Calls for Removal of Patent Provisions from CETA
  5. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Launches Online Complaint Form
  6. Why I’m Running for a Place on the CIRA Board
  7. The Supreme Court of Canada Speaks: How To Assess Fair Dealing for Education
  8. Public Safety Shuffle Could Allow for an Internet Surveillance Restart
  9. Public Safety Shuffle Could Allow for an Internet Surveillance Restart
  10. Why the End of Access Copyright K-12 Licensing for Is Not The End of Payment for Educational Copying
  11. If Bell-Astral Operated in the United States…
  12. Billions at Stake if Canada Caves on Drug Patent Demands
  13. Billions at Stake if Canada Caves on Drug Patent Demands
  14. CETA Update, Part Two: ACTA Provisions Are Still Very Much Alive
  15. CETA Update, Part One: Political Decision on Pharma Patents in the Fall
  16. TPP Fair Use Proposal Leaks Raising Concerns About New Restrictions
  17. French Culture Minister Says Three Strikes Law Disproportionate
  18. Is the Competition Bureau Ready to Take on Media Convergence?
  19. Is the Competition Bureau Ready to Take on Media Convergence?

July 2012

  1. Prime Minister’s Privacy Policy Requires a Re-Write
  2. Prime Minister’s Privacy Policy Requires a Re-Write
  3. CRTC Message to Broadcasters: Regulatory Games Coming to an End
  4. CRTC’s Message to Broadcasters: Regulatory Games Coming To An End
  5. Copyright Board Begins to Life After Supreme Court Rulings
  6. USTR Launches Consultation on Canada’s Entry to TPP
  7. How the Supreme Court of Canada Doubled Down on Users’ Rights in Copyright
  8. Supreme Court Shakes the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law
  9. Supreme Court Shakes the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law
  10. Why the European Commission’s Assurances on ACTA & CETA Don’t Add Up
  11. Why the Supreme Court’s Copyright Decisions Eviscerate Access Copyright’s Business Model
  12. Canada Excluded From Next Round of TPP Negotiations
  13. UK Government To Mandate Open Access By 2014
  14. Beyond Users’ Rights: Supreme Court Entrenches Technological Neutrality as a New Copyright Principle
  15. Has Canada Effectively Shifted from Fair Dealing to Fair Use?
  16. UK MEP Calls for Revision of CETA to Remove ACTA Provisions
  17. Mexico Signs ACTA Amid Speculation It Was Price of TPP Admission
  18. Supreme Court of Canada Stands Up For Fair Dealing in Stunning Sweep of Cases
  19. The Magnotta Case and Online Surveillance
  20. EC Says ACTA ISP Provisions Dropped from CETA, Yet Most of ACTA Likely Remains Intact
  21. Access Copyright: 40 Percent Of Non-Quebec University Students Outside Model Licence
  22. Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story
  23. The Inclusion of ACTA Within CETA: Why The Concern Is Warranted
  24. ACTA Lives: How the EU & Canada Are Using CETA as Backdoor Mechanism To Revive ACTA
  25. Canada – European Trade Deal At Risk Due To Controversial Copyright Rules
  26. cetaiprfeb2012
  27. Canadian Government Announces Plans To Block Copyright Levy on MicroSD Cards
  28. The European Parliament Rejects ACTA: The Impossible Becomes Possible
  29. The Strategy Behind the U.S. Call For a Fair Use Provision in the TPP
  30. Twitter Issues Transparency Report
  31. Declaration of Internet Freedom
  32. All the News That’s Fit To Post and Link: Federal Court Clears Up Legal Risks
  33. All the News That’s Fit to Post and Link: Federal Court Clears Up Legal Risks

June 2012

  1. Bill C-11 Receives Royal Assent
  2. Canada’s Notice-and-Notice vs. U.S.’s Notice-and-Takedown
  3. System Access Fee Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed
  4. Liberal Senators Take Last Shot At Copyright Bill’s Digital Lock Rules
  5. Bill C-11 Scheduled For Third Reading at the Senate Today
  6. UNESCO’s 2012 Paris OER Declaration
  7. What’s Behind Canada’s Entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks?
  8. What’s Behind Canada’s Entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks?
  9. Maritime Band Facing False Takedown Notices From Universal Music
  10. Australian Parliamentary Committee Warns Against ACTA Ratification (For Now)
  11. Brian Brett Speaks Out: An Open Letter on Access Copyright and the Canadian Copyright Emergency
  12. Transparency: WIPO vs. TPP & ACTA
  13. The Missing Copyright Docs, Pt 2: Competition Bureau Warned About Digital Lock Competition Concerns
  14. Cdn Fed Court Says No Copyright Infringement For Linking, Posting Several Paragraphs from Article
  15. “One of the Most Extraordinary Weeks in the History of Canada – U.S. Relationship”
  16. The Missing Copyright Docs, Pt 1: Justice Dept Warned About Constitutionality of Digital Lock Rules
  17. ICdigitallocksmemo.pdf
  18. Last Call on C-11: My Appearance Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade & Commerce
  19. Big Pharma Spending Ratio on Canadian R&D Continues To Decline As IP Demands Increase
  20. Internet Domain Name Land Grab More Than Just “Fools Gold”
  21. Internet Domain Name Land Grab More Than Just “Fools Gold”
  22. European Parliament’s INTA Committee Votes to Reject ACTA
  23. Canada Appears to Cave to U.S. Conditions to Join TPP Talks
  24. Day After C-11 Passes, U.S. Chamber Looking For More Canadian Copyright Reform
  25. Canadian Privacy Gets Toews-ed Again: Why a PIA on Airport Eavesdropping Isn’t Good Enough
  26. Bill C-11 Passes Third Reading, Heads to the Senate for Final Approval
  27. Katz Shreds McMaster’s Access Copyright Q & A
  28. 2nd Tier Status for Canada?: 5 Questions On Canada’s Entry to The Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
  29. Ottawa Airport Wired for Surveillance
  30. The Battle over C-11 Concludes: How Thousands of Canadians Changed The Copyright Debate
  31. prenticewilkinscall
  32. prec61qanda
  33. The MPAA’s Secret Lobby Campaign on Bill C-11 and a Canadian SOPA
  34. mpaaletter.pdf
  35. doddbriefingnote.pdf
  36. ICANN Releases List of New TLD Applications
  37. UN Internet Takeover Rumours Mask Bigger Governance Shortcomings
  38. UN Internet Takeover Rumours Mask Bigger Governance Shortcomings
  39. CRTC on Over-The-Top Video: Opportunity Not Threat
  40. Why Bill C-11’s Digital Lock Rules May Hurt Copyright Enforcement
  41. Government Says Vote on C-11 By June 18th
  42. ACTA Protests Sweep Across Europe
  43. Treasury Board, Canada Post At Odds Over Postal Codes
  44. Why an Access Copyright Tariff is Unlikely to be Mandatory
  45. Seeking Solutions to the Mounting Social Media Privacy Concerns
  46. Globe on Big Pharma R&D Failure
  47. Waterloo Latest University to Reject Access Copyright Model Licence
  48. The IP Lobby’s Post-Bill C-11 Playbook: ACTA, SOPA, Warrantless Search and the Criminalization of IP
  49. Paradis Promises Digital Economy Strategy By Year End
  50. Recording Industry Data Shows Canada a Global Leader For Paid Digital Downloads
  51. CRTC Chair Calls Out Bell Canada For Failing on Rural Broadband Commitments
  52. Removing Telco Foreign Ownership Restrictions: My Appearance Before Senate Committee on Transport & Comm
  53. Provinces Express Concern Over Impact of CETA IP Provisions
  54. Copyright Board Ruling Attracts Global Attention
  55. Ottawa Citizen Covers Access Copyright Model Licence
  56. Toews Draws False Link Between Magnotta Investigation and Lawful Access
  57. Seeking Solutions to the Mounting Social Media Privacy Concerns
  58. Privacy and Social Media: My Appearance Before the Ethics, Accountability & Privacy Committee

May 2012

  1. EP Committees Reject ACTA As Backlash Against Secretive IP Agreements Continues to Grow
  2. University of Ottawa Professors’ Union Urges Rejection of Access Copyright Model Licence
  3. APUOpositionAC
  4. York University Will Not Sign The Access Copyright Model Licence
  5. Dutch Parliament Votes Against ACTA Ratification
  6. European ACTA Negotiation Documents Leak
  7. Access Copyright’s Diminishing Repertoire: Why a Growing Repertoire Offers Decreasing Value
  8. Industry Canada Publishes Study on WiFi and Radio Frequency Exposure
  9. Conclusion of Copyright Debate Leaves Many What Ifs…
  10. Conclusion of Copyright Debate Leaves Many What Ifs…
  11. The Government’s “10,000 Consultations” on Copyright
  12. India Passes Digital Lock Rules That Link Circumvention to Copyright Infringement
  13. Why Universities Should Not Sign the Access Copyright – AUCC Model Licence
  14. The Secret Lawful Access Regs: What the Gov Told the Telcos While Keeping the Public in the Dark
  15. Athabasca, Winnipeg, & Windsor Will Not Sign Access Copyright Model Licence
  16. European Union Set To Provide 80 Billion Euro Boost to Open Access
  17. Romania Will Not Ratify ACTA
  18. How Canada’s Telecom Companies Have Secretly Supported Internet Surveillance Legislation
  19. How Canada’s Telecom Companies Have Secretly Supported Internet Surveillance Legislation
  20. lawfulaccessgroupterms
  21. sept11lawfulaccessmeeting
  22. lawfulaccessissuelist
  23. janmeetinglist
  24. lawfulaccessregsdoc
  25. Exporting Copyright: Inside the TPP
  26. The Future of Education Is Here, It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed
  27. The Future of Education Is Here, It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed
  28. U.S. Law Professors Raise ACTA Constitutional Concerns
  29. Genomics Editor Steps Down Over Open Access Concerns
  30. Business Software Alliance: Canadian Piracy Rate Shows Biggest Decline in the World Over Past 5 Yrs
  31. More Opposition to the Access Copyright Model Licence
  32. Is Lawful Access Dead? Not Yet.
  33. Del Mastro on Format Shifting
  34. Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch on Canada’s Penske File
  35. What the Govt Rejected in the C-11 Amendments: Access for the Blind, Cloud-Based Services & More
  36. UBC Will Not Sign the AUCC – Access Copyright Deal
  37. The Canadian Perspective on the GSU Fair Use Case
  38. Queen’s To Sign Non-Binding Access Copyright Letter of Intent
  39. Government To Impose Time Allocation on Copyright Debate
  40. Opposition Mounts to AUCC – Access Copyright Deal
  41. U.S. Court Issues Major Fair Use Decision
  42. The Yes Men Crash the TPP Party
  43. Bill C-11 Enters Final House Debate With Green Party & Bloc Amendments
  44. Copyright Bill Back on the Agenda Next Week
  45. Chile Considers Pulling out of TPP Because of US IP Demands
  46. Isn’t There a Better Way to Spend $750 Million?
  47. Isn’t There a Better Way to Spend $750 Million?
  48. USTR Ambassador “Offended” By TPP Transparency Concerns
  49. ACTA is Not Dead
  50. The Trouble With ACTA: My Analysis of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
  51. Industry Committee Launches New Study on Intellectual Property
  52. GeistACTAReportfinal
  53. Bill C-30 Isn’t Dead Yet: Public Safety Allocates Millions for Lawful Access
  54. Copyright Board to Survey Stakeholders on Satisfaction
  55. Open Medicine At Five Years
  56. Speaking Out Against Access Copyright – AUCC Deal
  57. Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy: The E-commerce Targets Revealed
  58. Alberta Court of Appeal Rules Portions of Privacy Law Unconstitutional
  59. Supreme Court Law Review Now Openly Available Online
  60. Blackout Speakout
  61. New Zealand Wants Canada Out of TPP
  62. Benkler on the SOPA & ACTA Protests
  63. Industry Committee Releases E-commerce Study
  64. EU Commissioner: ACTA Effectively Dead
  65. CanLII and Lancaster House Launch Free E-Text on Wrongful Dismissal and Employment Law
  66. UK Government: Public Access for Publicly Funded Research
  67. Provinces Warn Ottawa Over CETA IP Provisions
  68. Something for Nothing: The Non-Existent Benefit of Linking in the Access Copyright Deal
  69. Podcast on Social Media for Lawyers
  70. Search Engine on the Access Copyright – AUCC Agreement
  71. CETA’s Constitutional Problem
  72. Brazilian Copyright Collectives Indicted for Fraud
  73. Is the TPP Foundering?
  74. Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits A New Low With 2012 Report

April 2012

  1. Government To Shift Do-Not-Call Enforcement Costs to Industry
  2. Canada’s Domain Name Agency to the Public: We Don’t Trust You
  3. Canada’s Domain Name Agency to the Public: We Don’t Trust You
  4. What the Government Won’t Tell You Today About the Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  5. Department of National Defence Uses Crown Copyright To Demand Removal of Leaked Document
  6. International Publishers Threaten Canada With WTO Complaint Over Bill -11
  7. Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: Digital Economy Strategy Coming Later This Year
  8. European Data Protection Supervisor Slams ACTA on Privacy Grounds
  9. Consumers International Releases 2012 IP Watch List
  10. French Circumvent Twitter Ban on Election Results
  11. Backlash Against Academic Publishing Continues to Grow
  12. Other People’s Money: Why AUCC Signed the Most Expensive Copyright Insurance Policy in Cdn History
  13. Other People’s Money: Why AUCC Signed the Most Expensive Copyright Insurance Policy in Cdn History
  14. Kenya High Court Rules Anti-Counterfeiting Statute Unconstitutional
  15. Internet Surveillance Bill Threatens British Coalition
  16. Public Safety Links Telecom Foreign Investment with Lawful Access
  17. Did Public Safety Circumvent the Government’s Own Spectrum Public Consultation?
  18. Australia High Court Sides With ISP in Landmark Copyright Case
  19. The CISPA Impact in Canada
  20. Public Safety Claims Telecom Ownership Liberalization a National Security Threat
  21. Note to Publishers: Your Addiction to DRM is Killing You
  22. Why You Should Care About the TPP
  23. Canada Joins International Open Government Partnership
  24. CRTC Says No Need For Another Over-The-Top Video Fact Finding Exercise
  25. The Economist in Support of Open Access
  26. More Reaction to the AUCC – Access Copyright Deal
  27. Cutting Community Internet Access Program Highlights Absence of Digital Strategy
  28. Cutting Community Internet Access Program Highlights Absence of Digital Strategy
  29. European Parliament INTA Committee Draft ACTA Recommendation
  30. The 2012 Olympics and Branding Police
  31. Access Copyright and AUCC Strike a Deal: What It Means for Innovation in Education
  32. What a Difference a Year Makes: Bell on Local Television Channels
  33. The Cybercrime Wave That Wasn’t
  34. B.C. Privacy Commissioner Calls for Mandatory Data Breach Reporting
  35. Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government: A Review
  36. Supreme Court of Canada Wiretap Decision Signals Need for Changes to C-30
  37. U.S. Report on IP Shows How Small “Big Content” Really Is
  38. Ontario Government Plans Consumer Protection Law for Wireless Services
  39. Socialists & Democrats Group at European Parliament to Reject ACTA
  40. Broadcast Coalition Targets CBC’s Free Music Streaming Site
  41. Canada Post Files Copyright Lawsuit Over Crowdsourced Postal Code Database
  42. Crack the Coursepack
  43. Telcos on Lawful Access: Primary Concern is Who Pays
  44. mitaresponse
  45. cwta2007
  46. publicsafetybriefingfeb12
  47. Should Canadians Have to Pay For TV Channels They Don’t Want?
  48. Should Canadians have to pay for TV channels they don’t want?
  49. Government Cuts Funding For Community Access Program
  50. Government to Review Target’s Entry to Canada on Cultural Grounds
  51. U.S. Online Real Estate Site Claims Canadian Realtor Infringed Copyright
  52. ACTA Rapporteur: Little Evidence That ACTA Will Fix Global IP Enforcement
  53. Justice Committee Report Recommends Expanding Lawful Access Legislation
  54. Libraries Boycott Random House Over E-Book Pricing
  55. The Results are In: Online Voting Still Too Risky
  56. The Results are In: Online Voting Still Too Risky

March 2012

  1. Canadian Hurt Locker Lawsuits Withdrawn
  2. CRTC Stands By New Disclosure Requirement on Software Installs Over Objections From ESAC, RIM
  3. Canadian Participation in TPP May Be Running into Trouble
  4. Comparing ACTA and the TPP
  5. Could CETA Lead to a NAFTA Complaint?
  6. CRTC Approves Canadian Broadcasting Participation Fund
  7. European Parliament Committee Rejects ACTA Delay as MEPs Seek to “Bury” the Agreement
  8. The Upcoming Budget and the Implications for Canadian Tech Policy
  9. Creative Commons Canada Re-Launches
  10. CRTC To Consult On Expanding Public Access To Corporate Data
  11. Reading the Tech Tea Leaves in the Fine Print of the Budget
  12. Ottawa Foregoes Bold Vision on Telecom
  13. Ottawa Picks Bland Over Bold on Telecom Policy
  14. The Math Behind Copyright Math
  15. Does Bill C-11 Create Barriers to Network PVRs and Cloud Services in Canada?
  16. Penske File No More? The Canadian Digital Economy Strategy Inches Forward
  17. Bill C-11: The Amended Version
  18. Fair Dealing and the Effect on the Market
  19. Halifax Police on Refusals to Provide Subscriber Data: None
  20. halifaxlawfulaccessresp
  21. Strong Majority in BC Oppose Lawful Access
  22. The $8 Billion iPod
  23. Who Pays for Online Surveillance?: Police Recommended “Public Safety” Tax on Internet Bills
  24. lawfulaccesscosts
  25. Bland Over Bold: The Government’s New Telecom and Spectrum Policy
  26. Bill C-11 Committee Review Concludes: What Happened and What Comes Next
  27. Proposed Bill C-11 Amendments: Gov Says No Changes to Digital Locks, Fair Dealing or User Provisions
  28. Copyright Bill Hits the Home Stretch: C-11 Clause by Clause Review Today
  29. Copyright Bill Hits the Home Stretch
  30. Liberals Launch Bill C-11 Petition Calling for Balanced Digital Lock Rules
  31. Dear Parliament: Say No to the Internet Lockdown
  32. Wealth Destroyers and End Game for the Copyright Modernization Act
  33. Music Lobby Smears CBA Paper
  34. CBA Responds to Smear Campaign: Not a Secret Committee, No Plagiarism
  35. Closing Time on C-11: Help Stop the Final Push for SOPA-Style Reforms & Efforts to Gut Fair Dealing
  36. Setting the Record Straight on the Copyright Lobby’s Latest Smear Campaign
  37. CTV on the C-11’s Digital Lock Rules
  38. U.S. Says Canada Will Not Have A Say in the TPP
  39. The Other Shoe Drops: Music Reps Want SOPA-Style Website Blocking Added To Copyright Bill
  40. Bill C-11 Extremism Continues: The Attack on Fair Dealing
  41. Canadian Heritage: Why Statutory Damages Do Not Belong in Bill C-11’s “Enabler” Provision
  42. All Your Internets Belong to US, Continued: The Bodog.com Case
  43. All Your Internets Belong To US, Continued
  44. pchonenabler
  45. Canadian Music Industry Wants Its Own Lawful Access: Subscriber Disclosure Without a Court Order
  46. Assessing ACTA: Video of My Talk at the European Parliament
  47. Catching Up on Lawful Access Columns
  48. CRTC Uncovers New Rogers Net Neutrality Violation
  49. Lawful Access Sends Signal Canada Is Open for Big Brother Inc. Business
  50. Searching for Compromise on Online Surveillance
  51. How the CRTC Helped to Put An End to Internet Throttling
  52. IsoHunt Responds to CRIA’s Copyright Infringement Claims
  53. U.S. Seizes Canadian-Owned and Registered Domain Name
  54. Assessing ACTA: My Appearance Before the European Parliament INTA Workshop on ACTA

February 2012

  1. CETA Hits a Snag Over Patent Provisions
  2. The Issues Surrounding Subscriber Information in Bill C-30
  3. Canadian Music Industry Takes Aim At Google, Facebook, Reddit & Tech Startups With Bill C-11 Demands
  4. Documentary Organization of Canada Proposes Exception to C-11 Digital Lock Rule
  5. Elsevier Withdraws Support for Research Works Act
  6. Beyond NZ & Switzerland: How Dozens of Countries Have More Flexible Digital Lock Rules Than C-11
  7. Could ‘Lawful Access’ Jeopardize Canada’s Adequacy Status with EU?
  8. Canadian Library Association Posts Its Technical Amendments to Bill C-11
  9. How to Fix Canada’s Online Surveillance Bill: A 12 Step To-Do List
  10. Estimating the Costs of Online Surveillance
  11. Why Canada Does Not Belong on the U.S. Piracy Watchlist
  12. European Commission Refers ACTA to the European Court of Justice
  13. Why Bill C-30 Gives the Govt the Power To Install Its Own Surveillance Equipment on ISP Networks
  14. Rick’s Rant on Online Privacy
  15. ACTA in Context: Copyright Enforcement on a Global Scale
  16. The Devil is in the Details: How Bill C-30 Leaves Many Surveillance Questions Unanswered
  17. The Hidden Gag Order in Bill C-30
  18. Bill C-11 Committee Sets Witness List
  19. Bill C-30’s “Voluntary” Warrantless Disclosure Provision
  20. Telecom and Tech Coalition Calls on Government To Stop MicroSD Card Levy
  21. What a Difference a Week Makes: The Fight Against Online Surveillance
  22. “Retreat” on Lawful Access Must Mean Government Stops Misleading on Subscriber Data
  23. Report Says Canada – EU Trade Deal Could Cost Ontario $1.2 Billion Per Year From Higher Pharma Costs
  24. CBC’s The Current on Cyber Surveillance
  25. Bill C-11 Committee Timeline Set
  26. Why a Lawful Access Compromise Can Be Found
  27. Toews Has Been Smearing Online Surveillance Critics For Weeks
  28. Deadline Day To Speak Out on TPP’s Copyright Term Extension
  29. Government Docs Confirm the Case Against Warrantless Disclosure of Subscriber Data
  30. Tens of Thousands Protest Against ACTA in Europe On the Weekend
  31. Bill C-11 and the Hazards of Digital Lock Provisions
  32. Canadian Media Coverage Of Mounting C-11 Protests
  33. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lawful Access, But Were (Understandably) Afraid To Ask
  34. Latvia Freezes ACTA Ratification, Germany Won’t Sign For Now
  35. Supreme Court of Canada Rules ISPs Are Not Broadcasters
  36. Lawful Access and Data Preservation/Retention
  37. Can You Hear Us Now?
  38. C61letters
  39. Global News on C-11 and SOPA
  40. Bill C-11 has Disgruntled Canadians Taking Action
  41. Canadian Government Has Consulted on Copyright but Won’t Consider How Its Law Will Be Enforced
  42. Government Imposes Time Allocation on Bill C-11
  43. “Bill C-11 Is No SOPA”: My Response
  44. Could SOPA Make Its Way Into Canadian Copyright Law?
  45. Why ACTA Could Be As Bad As SOPA
  46. Czech Republic, Slovakia Suspend ACTA Ratification
  47. Much Ado About Panic
  48. Copyright bills protect ‘old media’
  49. Will Canada – China Changes Include a Shift on Intellectual Property?
  50. “Surrender Sovereignty Over Copyright Law”
  51. No Internet Lock-Down
  52. ACTA Protests Escalate Throughout Europe
  53. Ubisoft Games Won’t Work This Week
  54. Rogers Announces Plans To Drop Internet Throttling This Year
  55. Canadian Pharma: High Prices, Low Research & Development
  56. Crafting Copyright Policy to Create a Competitive Advantage
  57. Poland Suspends ACTA Ratification
  58. “Why I Signed ACTA”
  59. The Academic Spring
  60. Beyond SOPA: ACTA, WIPO, and the Global Copyfight
  61. Transport Canada Issues DMCA Takedown Over On-the-Record Response
  62. “Piracy is the New Radio”
  63. Katz on the Access Copyright Deal
  64. MEP Says ACTA Goes Too Far
  65. Canadian Music Industry Lobby: Put SOPA Into C-11 Or Stand With Illegal Sites
  66. Keeping Score of Canada’s Spectrum Auction
  67. Keeping Score of Canada’s Spectrum Auction
  68. Beware of Surveillance By Design
  69. CRTC Releases Net Neutrality Complaints Data
  70. European Opposition to ACTA Continues to Mount
  71. Distributel to Offer Unlimited Plans
  72. Strombo’s Soapbox: My Take on Bill C-11
  73. “Objective Sanity Check”?: Canada Slips Further in Global Broadband Rankings

January 2012

  1. Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics
  2. The Sky is Rising
  3. Two Universities Sign Agreement With Access Copyright
  4. Ten Key Questions and Answers About Bill C-11, SOPA, ACTA, and the TPP
  5. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter: The Series To Date
  6. Thousands Take to the Streets to Protest ACTA
  7. The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do
  8. Bill C-11: Copyright, The Movie
  9. Canada Wants Telecom, Culture Off the Table in CETA
  10. From Deadwood to Opportunity: CRIA Changes Its Tune on the Canadian Online Music Market
  11. Taking Stock of the SOPA Battle
  12. Would a SOPA Version of the Canadian Copyright Bill Target Youtube?
  13. Meganomics
  14. CIRA Proposes Changes to IDN Plan
  15. The TPP Impact on New Zealand’s Public Domain
  16. Polish Government Reconsiders ACTA
  17. The Day the Internet Fought Back
  18. The Day the Internet Fought Back
  19. How The Web Killed SOPA and PIPA
  20. Cory Doctorow on the War on General Computing
  21. UN and IACHR Rapporteurs Renew Call for Internet Freedom of Expression
  22. Outgoing CRTC Chair Pushing for Big Changes
  23. The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada
  24. musicindc32
  25. CRTC Investigation Finds Rogers Violated Net Neutrality Rules
  26. Copyright and the Right
  27. Storify Version of My Tweets on the SOPA Protest
  28. Police Documents Show Scramble To Justify Lawful Access
  29. Ontario Court of Appeal Issues Landmark Ruling on Privacy Tort
  30. Why My Website Went Dark Yesterday
  31. Why My Website Went Dark Yesterday
  32. Canadian Media Coverage of the SOPA Protest
  33. How SOPA Could Affect Canadians
  34. Dark Wednesday: The Internet Protests SOPA
  35. Why Canadians Should Participate in the SOPA/PIPA Protest
  36. Anti-SOPA Pressure Begins to Pay Off
  37. Liberals Express Support for Spectrum Set Aside
  38. Crafting Copyright Policy to Create a Competitive Advantage
  39. US Copyright Lobby Wants Canada Out of TPP Until New Laws Passed, Warns of No Cultural Exceptions
  40. James Joyce and the Public Domain
  41. Number of CRTC Net Neutrality Complaints Accelerating
  42. “The best way in the history of mankind for a writer to earn money”
  43. Government Announces Plan to Drop Twitter Ban on Posting Early Election Results
  44. Is the Trans Pacific Partnership a Re-writing of NAFTA?
  45. Wanted: New CRTC Chair
  46. Music Industry Sues Government of Ireleand Over Copyright Reform
  47. KEI on Canada’s Entry to TPP Negotiations
  48. Lockdown: The Coming War on General-Purpose Computing
  49. Are Canada’s Digital Laws Unconstitutional?
  50. Are Canada’s Digital Laws Unconstitutional?
  51. Supreme Court of Canada on the Importance of the Public Domain
  52. PIAC Report Says Bill C-12 Data Breach Rules Should Be Toughened
  53. TPP’s Other Copyright Term Extension: Protection of Sound Recordings Would Nearly Double in Duration
  54. TPP Copyright Extension Would Keep Some of Canada’s Top Authors Out of Public Domain For Decades
  55. U.S. Pressures Spain Into SOPA Style Law
  56. Copyright Holders Receive ‘Not One Cent’ In 11 Years
  57. Help Preserve the Canadian Public Domain: Speak Out on the Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations
  58. Competition, Not Cost, the Real Story Behind TekSavvy’s Pricing Changes
  59. Website Links House of Commons IP Addresses to BitTorrent Downloads
  60. Challenging Counterfeit Counterfeiting Data
  61. Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside
  62. 2011 in Review: Developments in ACTA
  63. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy
  64. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy
  65. Life Under Life Plus Fifty: Hemingway Enters Public Domain in Canada

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December 2011

  1. Supreme Court Securities Act Constitutionality Ruling Throws Digital Laws into Doubt
  2. Fair Dealing’s 100 Years of Solitude
  3. Letters Of The Law: The Year In Tech Law And Policy
  4. Canadian Library Association on C-11
  5. The Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law from A to Z
  6. CRTC’s Net Neutrality Rules in Action: Bell To Drop P2P Traffic Shaping
  7. What Happened to the PIPEDA Review?
  8. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 52: Ontario Council of University Libraries
  9. Louis C.K.’s DRM-Free Experiment
  10. The False Link Between C-11’s Digital Lock Rules and Video Game Industry Jobs
  11. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 51: Canadian Music Creators Coalition
  12. “Stop Making Our Copyright and Digital Laws Worse”
  13. Undue Intervention: Why the CRTC Got It Wrong on Exclusive Content
  14. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 50: ACTRA
  15. Fair Dealing, Copyright and the Haggadah
  16. Why Spotify Can Never Be Profitable
  17. Why The Government’s Lawful Access Claims Stand on a Shaky Foundation
  18. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 49: Union des consommateurs
  19. Vic Toews’ Lawful Access Deception
  20. Canada – US Beyond the Border Deal: IP Enforcement Doesn’t Make the Cut
  21. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 48: Canadian Urban Library Council
  22. The Supreme Court Copyright Hearings, Day Two: The Fight to Rollback Fair Dealing
  23. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 47: Queen’s University
  24. Stop Hiding Behind the Phone Book, Mr. Toews
  25. The Supreme Court Copyright Hearings, Day One: Fair Dealing Scare Tactics Fall Flat
  26. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 46: Battlegoat Studios
  27. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 45: Digital Security Coalition
  28. Tories Have Yet to Prove Case for E-Snooping Bill
  29. Copyright in the Balance This Week at the Supreme Court of Canada
  30. Copyright in the Balance This Week at the Supreme Court of Canada
  31. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 44: New Brunswick Public Library Service
  32. Swiss Government Says Copyright Enforcement Rules Sufficient
  33. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 43: Campus Stores Canada
  34. Patriot Act Clouds the Picture For U.S.-Based Cloud Computing
  35. Do Data Caps Punish the Wrong Users?
  36. Conservatives Defeat Liberal & NDP Bid to Block C-11
  37. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 42: Association of Canadian Publishers

November 2011

  1. Guerbuez Thanks Lobby Groups for Spam Law Pressure
  2. The Copyright Costs of Joining the TPP: Extending Bill C-11 With More Digital Locks & Penalties
  3. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 41: Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
  4. Observations on Anti-spam Law’s Regulatory Process
  5. La Presse Confirms Hurt Locker Demand Letters
  6. Cavoukian on Lawful Access: “This Should Scare You”
  7. Tamir Israel Debunks Lawful Access Responses
  8. Digital Economy Strategy has Become the Federal Government’s “Penske File”
  9. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 40: Writers Guild of Canada
  10. Digital Economy Strategy Has Become Government’s “Penske File”
  11. Will Paradis Fail To Can Canadian Spam?
  12. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 39: Literary Press Group of Canada
  13. Will Paradis Fail To Can Canadian Spam?
  14. Statscan To Make All Online Data Free
  15. Entertainment Software Assoc: We’re For Tech Neutral Copyright (Except When We’re Against It)
  16. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 38: The Canadian Association for Open Source
  17. ECJ Rules Courts Cannot Order ISPs to Block File Sharing
  18. Dutch Parliament Refuses ACTA Secrecy
  19. CRTC Releases Do-Not-Call Report
  20. Challenging the New Digital Lock Talking Point: Why European Rules Are More Flexible Than C-11
  21. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 37: British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
  22. Ottawa Weighs Loosening Ownership Rules in Telecom Sector
  23. The UBB Decision Aftermath: Is the Pricing a Killer?
  24. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 36: Canadian Political Science Association
  25. Treasury Board Releases Web 2.0 Guidelines for Government Use
  26. The Anatomy of Lawful Access Phone Records
  27. Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Group Calls For Graduated Response, More Restrictive Digital Lock Rules
  28. Napster Drops Out of Canada, Warns Users Of Lost Purchases Due to Digital Locks
  29. Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 35: Cdn Assoc of Edu Resource Centres for Alt Format Materials
  30. Brown on Canadian Wireless Competition
  31. The CRTC’s Declaration of Independent ISP Independence
  32. The CRTC’s Declaration of Independent ISP Independence
  33. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 34: Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  34. Wind Mobile Founder: No Political Will For Telecom Competition
  35. Lawful Access Could Close Smaller ISPs
  36. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 33: City of Vancouver Archives
  37. The SCC Copyright Pentalogy
  38. Clement Sets Target Date for Online ATI Disclosures
  39. Mexico’s Largest University to Post Nearly All Publications and Course Materials Online
  40. File Sharing Lawsuits Progress in Canada as Dozens Face Payment Demands
  41. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 32: Canadian Association of University Teachers
  42. Hurtlockerdemand
  43. SOPA: All Your Internets Belong to US
  44. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 31: CIPPIC
  45. The CRTC’s UBB Decision: Bell Loses But Do Consumers Win?
  46. Universal Music Sues Insurer To Pay For Its Copyright Infringement
  47. All Your Internets Belong to U.S.
  48. CRTC To Release UBB Decision Today: Background Reading
  49. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 30: Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
  50. Documentary Film Makers Put Canada’s Copyright in the Spotlight
  51. Keystone XL and the Future of Bill C-11
  52. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 29: ASTED
  53. USTRcopyrightletter
  54. Whither WIPO: Will WIPO Wither?
  55. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 28: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
  56. U.S. Cable Companies Seek to Bridge Digital Divide
  57. Lawful Access, Its Potentials, and Its Lack of Necessity
  58. Liberal Party Stands Against Warrantless Lawful Access
  59. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 27: Association of Canadian Community Colleges
  60. Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry: Sources & Background Material
  61. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 26: Canadian Association of Media Education Associations
  62. Net Neutrality Enforcement Put to the Test
  63. Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 25: Canadian Assoc of Music Libraries, Archives and Doc Centres
  64. Net Neutrality Enforcement Put to the Test
  65. What’s the Justification for Warrantless Access to Customer Information?
  66. CANARIE Makes Its Case For a Mandate Renewal
  67. Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry
  68. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 24: Federation Etudiante Universitaire du Quebec
  69. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 23: Canadian Association of Law Libraries
  70. The Legal Side of Gaming’s Digital Revolution
  71. ACTRA Rep Says Mashups “Morally Wrong”
  72. Will the Government Take Action Against the Memory Card Tax?
  73. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 22: Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
  74. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 21: Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  75. Anti-Spam Law in Limbo as Lobby Groups Seek New Exceptions
  76. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 20: Appropriation Art

October 2011

  1. Ontario Privacy Commissioner Cavoukian on Lawful Access
  2. Why Lawful Access Legislation Should Not Be Allowed to Pass
  3. CRTC Announces International Do-Not-Call Enforcement Initiative
  4. Canada Defends ACTA at WTO TRIPS Council
  5. Why Isn’t YouTube Canadian?: My Appearance Before the Industry Committee
  6. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 19: Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  7. Anti-Spam Law In Limbo As Lobby Groups Seek New Exceptions
  8. Rogers Throttling Complaint Headed to CRTC Enforcement Branch
  9. Plurilateral Trade Agreements Lack Protections for Users, Intermediaries
  10. The Problem With Digital Locks
  11. Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Lawful Access: Deep Concerns
  12. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 18: Canadian Bar Association
  13. Copyright Reform and the Case of Illicit T-Shirts
  14. Bill C-11 Legislative Committee Membership Set
  15. Facebook Scans All Photo Uploads for Matches with Offenders
  16. Royal Society Journal Archive Made Permanently Free to Access
  17. Conservative MP on C-11’s Digital Lock Rules: No Risk of Liability for Breaking Locks
  18. richardsonletter
  19. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 17: Film Studies Association of Canada
  20. Blame Canada on Movie Subsidies
  21. Akamai’s State of the Internet: Canada Drops to 13th for Broadband Speeds
  22. Search Engine on Copyright: Digital Lockdown
  23. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 16 – Canadian Home and School Federation
  24. Canada’s National Digital Strategy: Hidden in Plain Sight
  25. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 15: Canadian Bookseller Association
  26. Lawful Access Clarified
  27. Can Canada Learn Anything From Europe on Copyright?
  28. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 14: Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  29. Supreme Court Stands Up for the Internet
  30. Youtube Cybera: Michael Geist Cybera Summit 2011
  31. Was Canada’s Open Government Delay Part of the Plan?
  32. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 13: Canadian Historical Association
  33. Copyright Debate Hits the House of Commons: Opposition Won’t Support C-11 Due to Digital Locks
  34. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 12: Canadian Association of Research Libraries
  35. Supreme Court of Canada Stands Up for the Internet: No Liability for Linking
  36. Do Bell’s Throttling Practices Violate CRTC Net Neutrality Rules?: It Says P2P Congestion Declining
  37. Debate On Bill C-11 Begins Today
  38. Liberals Come Out Against Bill C-11 Due to Digital Lock Rules
  39. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 11: Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright
  40. Is the Government’s Open Initiative Now Closed?
  41. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 10: Council of Ministers of Education Canada
  42. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 9: Canadian Library Association
  43. U.S. Senator Wyden Raises Questions About ACTA Implementation
  44. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 8: Documentary Organization of Canada
  45. Dropping Digital Locks Can Decrease Piracy
  46. How To Rein In Lawful Access
  47. UK Report Finds ISPs “Exaggerate Costs of Data”
  48. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 7: Canadian Civil Liberties Association
  49. Why Are Consumers Missing from the CRTC’s Online Video Ruling?
  50. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 6: Canadian Federation of Students
  51. Why Are Consumers Missing from the CRTC’s Online Video Ruling?
  52. Toope Responds to Access Copyright
  53. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 5: Canadian Teachers’ Federation
  54. CRTC Releases Online Video Report
  55. Is ACTA Enforceable?
  56. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 4: Canadian Council of Archives
  57. CAUT on Bill C-11
  58. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 3: Retail Council of Canada
  59. Montreal Gazette: Digital Lock Rules Cave To U.S.
  60. Commenting on James Moore’s Copyright Comments
  61. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 2: Canadian Consumer Initiative
  62. (Un)Lawful Access
  63. How C-11 Will Affect Users of Digital Content
  64. The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 1: The Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired
  65. Canada Signs ACTA: What Comes Next
  66. Canada’s Usage Based Billing Controversy: How to Address the Wholesale and Retail Issues
  67. Why Canada’s New Copyright Bill Remains Flawed

September 2011

  1. Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore’s Missing Copyright Tweets
  2. Liberals on the Copyright Bill: Digital Lock Rules Driven By U.S.
  3. Canada May [Not] Be Signing ACTA This Weekend – UPDATED
  4. Copyright Is Back: Why Canada is Keeping the Flawed Digital Lock Rules
  5. Behind the Scenes of Bill C-32: Music Copyright Collectives Say Digital Locks Won’t Increase Revenue
  6. CMRRAc32sub
  7. Princeton Passes Resolution Requiring Open Access
  8. Library and Archives Canada To Publish Historical Canada Gazette
  9. Behind the Scenes of Bill C-32: The Committee Submissions
  10. c32submissionsbyclause
  11. c32submissionsbyorg
  12. c32witness
  13. Copyright is Back as Bill To Be Tabled on Thursday
  14. Japan To Sign ACTA This Weekend
  15. Copyright Board Rejects Bid For Transactional Licences
  16. Behind the Scenes of Bill C-32: Govt’s Clause-By-Clause Analysis Raises Constitutional Questions
  17. c32clausebyclause.pdf
  18. Public Debate on Lawful Access Misses Real Concerns
  19. Rogers Astroturf Lobby Campaign on Spectrum Foreshadows Battle over Wireless Broadband Competition
  20. CIRA Election: Time To Vote
  21. Confronting The Social Media Regulatory Challenge
  22. Rogers Launches Advocacy Campaign on Spectrum Auction
  23. CRTC Updates Internet Traffic Management Practices Guidelines
  24. Ellis on Rogers Game Throttling
  25. Can We Please Focus on the Real Lawful Access?
  26. The CRTC’s Vertical Integration Decision: A Step in the Right Direction
  27. Behind the Scenes of Bill C-32: The Complete Ministerial Q & A
  28. c32ministerqanda.pdf
  29. Government Introduces Omnibus Crime Bill Without Lawful Access Provisions
  30. Is the Digital Economy Strategy Dead?
  31. Government Provides Details on Do-Not-Call Enforcement
  32. Dealing With the Access Copyright Opt-Out: The Rest of the Story
  33. CRTC Tells Rogers To Stop Slowing Down Speeds of Online Games
  34. The Cost of Copyright Term Extension
  35. Omnibus Crime Bill Coming on Tuesday
  36. Hurt Locker File Sharing Lawsuits Put the Hurt on Everyone
  37. Hurt Locker File Sharing Lawsuits Put the Hurt on Everyone
  38. OpenMedia Launches Lawful Access Spots
  39. ‘Open Courses, Open Teaching, This Is Dangerous’
  40. ITU Report Says Canada Slipped to 26th Worldwide in ICT Development Index
  41. CBC Demands Removal of Mac Radio App
  42. Copyright Board Sets Timing for Private Copying Levy
  43. Quebec Author Association Joins Lawsuit Against U.S. Universities
  44. Digital Issues Largely Missing From Ontario Election Campaign
  45. Digital Issues Largely Missing From Ontario Election Campaign
  46. AUCC Responds to “Summer Fiction”
  47. Hurt Locker File Sharing Suits Come North: Federal Court Orders ISPs to Disclose Subscriber Info
  48. Government to Reintroduce Bill C-32 “In Exactly the Same Form”
  49. BC Court Rules Rogers’ Zoocasa Real Estate Site Infringed Copyright, Breached Terms of Use
  50. Alberta Court Declares Portions of Provincial Privacy Law Unconstitutional
  51. NDP on the Wikileaks Canadian Copyright Cables
  52. The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
  53. Rogers Admits It May Be Throttling Online Games
  54. Wikileaks Cables Provide Global Insights on Intellectual Property Issues
  55. Rogers Applies to Establish a Bank
  56. Globe on Copyright’s War of Words
  57. Communications Networks Falling Behind in the North
  58. Canadian ISP Sued for Handing Over Data to Thai Government
  59. New Wikileaks Docs Show Ex-Minister Bernier Offered To Leak Copyright Bill to U.S.

August 2011

  1. Elections Canada Probing Online Elections, Again
  2. Artists in Conversation with Copyright
  3. Questions Abound As Digital TV Transition Deadline Arrives
  4. CRTC Asks Rogers to Probe Online Game Throttling Complaints
  5. Government Launches Consultation on White Spaces
  6. Industry Minister Paradis Holds Closed Door Meetings With Telcos on Spectrum, Foreign Ownership
  7. Questions Remain as Digital TV Transition Deadline Arrives This Week
  8. Gamers Launch Complaint About Online Traffic Throttling
  9. CRTC Settles Do-Not-Call Complaint With GoodLife Fitness
  10. RIM’s Woes Partly Based on Canadian Telecom Policy
  11. RIM’s Woes Partly Based on Canadian Telecom Policy
  12. The Growth of the Canadian Network Media Economy
  13. Federal Court Awards Minimal Privacy Damages
  14. Pushing the Limits of State Surveillance
  15. Stingray Launches Canadian Music Service
  16. Telecom Giants Lure Ex-Cabinet Ministers to their Boardrooms
  17. Telecom Giants Lure Ex-Cabinet Ministers to their Boardrooms
  18. Coalition Protests Government Lawful Access Plans
  19. Ontario Court of Appeal Rules Domain Names Are Property
  20. UBC the Latest to Opt-Out of Access Copyright Interim Tariff
  21. Dot-ca Domain Dispute Rules Changes Coming This Month
  22. Dot-ca Domain Dispute Rules Changes Coming This Month
  23. Universities Launch Open Access Coalition
  24. Telcos Launch Data Roaming Alerts
  25. Canadian Gamers Launch Group on Net Neutrality Issues
  26. Parsons on ISP Audits
  27. UK To Introduce Private Copying Exception With No Levy
  28. US Strikes Deal With Canada, Mexico on Spectrum Sharing
  29. Nowak on CRTC Communications Report
  30. Government Launches Anti-Spam Site
  31. Ontario Court Grapples With Legalities of Anonymous Online Postings
  32. Ontario Court Grapples With Legalities of Anonymous Online Postings

July 2011

  1. The Access Copyright Interim Tariff Opt-Out List
  2. What Does a Gigabyte Cost, Revisited
  3. An Unofficial FAQ on Canadian Universities Opting-Out of Access Copyright
  4. York Latest To Opt-Out of Access Copyright as Schools Seek Flexibility
  5. Canadian Universities Switch to Tech Savvy Alternatives
  6. Canada – EU Trade Deal Pushing Toward New Canadian Copyright Enforcement Bill
  7. CIRA Implements Revised Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Rules
  8. Mexican Senate Votes Against ACTA
  9. Weatherall on the Impact of the TPP
  10. Access Copyright: It’s “Virtually Impossible” to Opt-Out Of Tariff
  11. The Usage Based Billing Hearing Concludes: Has the CRTC Come to Competition Too Late?
  12. Reacting to the Xplornet Response to CRTC Net Neutrality Documents
  13. Access Copyright Responds to Transactional Licence Complaint
  14. European Parliament Commissioned Study on ACTA Released
  15. Taking on Big Telecom: A Trip to the CRTC’s UBB Hearings
  16. “Hands off the Internet”
  17. Competition, Not Congestion Driving Internet Data Cap Debate
  18. Competition, Not Congestion Driving Internet Data Cap Debate
  19. CRIA Gives Award of Appreciation to Ex-Liberal MP McTeague
  20. Podcast: The Return of UBB
  21. University of Waterloo Latest to Drop Access Copyright
  22. Shaw Places Spotlight on Net Neutrality Rules With Online Video Service Plans
  23. CRTC Issues Warning to Rogers: Address Throttling Concern or Face Public Hearing
  24. Usage Based Billing Panelists Turn To Op-Ed Pages
  25. NDP Warns Against Lawful Access
  26. The Xplornet’s Release: Digging into the Documents
  27. exatelletter
  28. Barrettjuneletter
  29. CRTC UBB Hearing, Day 2: What is so undemocratic about allowing a few companies to control the Net?
  30. Queen’s, Calgary Latest To Drop Access Copyright Licence
  31. The Economic Contribution of Fair Use
  32. CRTC UBB Hearing, Day One: It’s About Competition, Not Congestion
  33. Government Releases Anti-Spam Law Regulations
  34. CRIA Re-Brands Itself: Now MusicCanada.com
  35. Canadian Government Changes Open Data Licence Terms
  36. Why Net Neutrality and Usage Based Billing Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
  37. NDP, Liberals Call for Net Neutrality Reforms
  38. Canada’s Net Neutrality Enforcement Failure
  39. Canada’s Net Neutrality Enforcement Failure
  40. rogerswowcomplaint
  41. bellhotfileresponse
  42. crtcbxletter
  43. crtcbarrettoct10
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  45. bellmediamonkey
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  61. Cogecocomplaint
  62. 512810.pdf
  63. EU To Target Data Roaming Fees
  64. The CRTC’s Over-the-Top Video Consult: Calls for Competition, Regulation, & De-Regulation
  65. NY Times on Internet Access as a Human Right
  66. Nowak on Seven Steps for Telecom Reform
  67. Beware Big Pharma Ghostwriters
  68. The Netflix Fear: Competition (But Not the Competition You Might Think)
  69. Why Competition Holds the Key to a Broken Broadcast System
  70. Why Competition Holds the Key to a Broken Broadcast System
  71. Suber on Copyright and Open Access
  72. Spain’s Performing Rights Organization Raided By Anti-Corruption Police
  73. CRTC Releases Draft Regulations for Electronic Commerce Protection Act

June 2011

  1. ACTA Ratification in Europe To Require Approval from All 27 Member States
  2. “Down the Rabbit Hole at the CRTC Hearing”
  3. Why European Broadband is Faster and Cheaper
  4. CSISAC Issues Statement on Rejection of OECD Communique
  5. CRIA Targets Fair Dealing: Tells Supreme Court New Restrictions Needed on User Rights
  6. Bell Pays $10 Million To Settle Misleading Advertising Claim
  7. Calgary Statement on Free Access To Legal Information
  8. STIC Report Finds Canadian Innovation Slides
  9. Federal Court Awards $2.5 Million in Counterfeit Handbag Case
  10. CRTC Faces Charges of Bias in Online Video Consultation
  11. CRTC Faces Charges of Bias in Online Video Consultation
  12. Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy: An Openness Framework
  13. Cisco: Canada Below Asia, Europe on P2P Usage
  14. Google Transparency Project: Canadian Takedowns & User Data Requests
  15. The Cost of Lawful Access for Small ISPs
  16. University of Saskatchewan To Drop Access Copyright Licence
  17. Access Copyright and Robertson Case
  18. Civil Society Groups Reject OECD Internet Policy Principles
  19. Lawful Access Concerns Generating Increased Media Coverage
  20. Report Says Canada Leading Hub For Cloud Computing
  21. Forget “Skinny Basic”, It’s Time For the CRTC To Mandate Full Consumer Broadcast Choice
  22. Angus on Lawful Access: Serious Erosion of Privacy Rights
  23. angustotoewsonlawfulaccess
  24. Mexican Senate Rejects ACTA
  25. Dutch Parliament Passes Net Neutrality, Privacy Legislation
  26. Stop Online Spying
  27. OECD Report Ranks Canada Among Most Expensive Broadband Countries
  28. OECD Releases Report on National Broadband Plans
  29. International Free Speech Representatives Issue Joint Declaration on Expression and the Internet
  30. “A Great Moment for the Free Flow of Information”
  31. Creators’ Access Copyright on AC’s 2010 Financial Statements
  32. Privacy Commish on Staples & eHarmony: Why Keep Investigations & Audit Results Under Wraps?
  33. CPCC: No Levies on Cloud Music Services
  34. Search Engine Focuses on Amazon One-Click Patent
  35. Winseck on CRTC’s Vertical Integration Hearing
  36. Government of Canada Plans for Open Data
  37. Is Internet Access A Human Right?: The Implications for the Rules of Access
  38. Is Internet Access A Human Right?: The Implications for the Rules of Access
  39. ICANN Votes To Expand Generic Top-Level Domains
  40. British Library, Google Reach Deal on Public Domain Digitization
  41. Get Yer Grimy Paws Off My Netflix
  42. CRTC Vertical Integration Hearing Opens Today: Too Little, Too Late?
  43. Andreas Schroeder on Counting the Pennies
  44. Access Copyright’s Desperation: From Fair Dealing Allows Everything to It’s Too Risky to Rely Upon
  45. Katz Calls for Competition Commission Intervention in Access Copyright Case
  46. Access Copyright Backlash Grows: Canadian Poets Pass Resolution Supporting TWUC Motion
  47. UN Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue Explains Report
  48. Copyright Board Moves Ahead With Transactional Licence Issue
  49. “Bill C-51 will turn ISPs into Internet gatekeepers”
  50. Possible Copyright Treaties Brewing at WIPO
  51. SOCAN Seeks Millions from YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, Apple & Sony in Interim Online Music Tariff
  52. Is Canada Leading World in Declining Active Facebook Users?
  53. Canadian Rules Rain on Cloud Music Parade: Why New Services Unlikely To Come To Canada Anytime Soon
  54. Canadian Rules Rain on Cloud Music Parade
  55. Governments Respond to UN Report On Three Strikes Violating International Law
  56. Europe Considers Using CETA To Create “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Plus”
  57. Conservative Party Passes Policy Resolution on Broadband
  58. Will Microsoft vs. i4i Patent Case Influence Canadian Law?
  59. Rogers Faces Yet Another Net Neutrality Complaint
  60. Canadian Chamber of Commerce Justifies Fake Counterfeit Claims With More False Numbers
  61. Access Copyright Claims Pay-Per-Use Licences Create Incentive to Infringe
  62. Telus: “We Absolutely Agree with the OECD’s Findings”
  63. Study Debunks Chamber of Commerce Claims on Canadian Patent Law
  64. Why Ed Fast Holds One of The Keys To Health Care Costs
  65. “A Gross Abuse of the Collective Administration of Copyright”
  66. Report Finds Canada Most Expensive Data Roaming Country in the OECD
  67. Canadian Chamber of Commerce Floats Fake $30 Billion Counterfeiting Claim
  68. Conservatives To Discuss Net Neutrality, Broadband at Convention
  69. CRTC Launches Online Consultation on Wholesale Internet Services
  70. Australian Music, Software Groups Back Away From Internet Termination
  71. Canadian Government Departments “Hoarding Copyrights”
  72. Canadian Heritage Dropped Plans for Digital Transition Video Contest
  73. The Copyright Pressure Points: What Next for Canadian Copyright
  74. Lawful Access Delayed Until the Fall
  75. U.S. National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Free Online
  76. An Open Letter to Harper on Fair Use
  77. UN Report Says Internet Three Strikes Laws Violate International Law
  78. Media Piracy Roundtable Coming to Ottawa
  79. Cabinet Minister Mandate Letters for The Digital Era
  80. Cabinet Minister Mandate Letters for The Digital Era
  81. Staying the Course: The Real Significance of the Paradis Digital Economy Speech

May 2011

  1. Australia Releases National Digital Economy Strategy
  2. Access Copyright Responds: So Much For Getting the Facts Straight
  3. Massive Copyright Class Action Settlement Approved: Record Labels to Pay $50 Million
  4. EU Wants a Total Re-Write of Canadian IP Law
  5. Final Version of ACTA Posted
  6. The Access Copyright Backlash: Writers Union of Canada Calls for Collective Licensing Reform
  7. GeistonAccessCopy
  8. GeistonAccessCopyright
  9. Why The Situation Is Likely to Get Worse for Access Copyright (But Not Necessarily for Authors)
  10. GeistonAC
  11. CRTC Launches Consultation on Over-the-Top Video Providers
  12. The Economics Behind Access Copyright
  13. Shaw Shakes Up Broadband Market With Bigger Data Caps
  14. Retail Council Calls for Scrapping Private Copying Levy
  15. Search Engine on Lawful Access
  16. Access Copyright Stops Pay-Per-Use Digital Licensing
  17. Open Access Journal Growth in Canada: 2/3 of Learned Journals With Some OA
  18. What Happened to the CIHR’s Trial Transparency Policy?
  19. Clement Commits to Open Data
  20. Canadian Broadcasters and BDUs: Can They Compete With “Free”?
  21. Canadian Broadcasters and BDUs: Can They Compete With “Free”?
  22. Web Surveillance Legislation Requires Study, Not Speed
  23. Is Access Copyright Claiming a Trademark in ©?
  24. The Cabinet Shuffle: Why a New Industry Minister May Not Mean Changed Policies or Big Delays
  25. Del Mastro Says Bill C-32 Coming Back Intact
  26. UK IP Report Recommends Creating New Copyright Exceptions, Warns Against Over Regulation
  27. Restrictive Copyright Plays Into Music Industry Myths
  28. Web Surveillance Legislation Requires Study, Not Speed
  29. CanLII Seeks to Defend Legal Research as Fair Dealing
  30. Will the Government Create a New Minister for Innovation, Science & Technology?
  31. Why Canadian Cable Companies and Telecoms Are in Trouble
  32. Forget the iPod Tax, Canadian Copyright Collective Demanding Memory Card Tax
  33. “Canada’s Piracy Rate is at an All Time Low”
  34. What Comes Next for Canadian Copyright Reform: Speculating on Three Scenarios
  35. Business News Network on Copyright Reform
  36. The Lawful Access Legislation: Does it Really Criminalize Linking & Anonymity?
  37. Government Reaffirms Plans for Lawful Access
  38. New Zealand Angry Over US IP Watch List
  39. Conservative Majority Gives Ottawa A Crack At Breaking The Digital Logjam
  40. “Ireland is moving towards a ‘fair use’ doctrine”
  41. CAUT Releases Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material
  42. Clement Open To Penalties for Data Breaches
  43. “An Attack on Our Liberty”
  44. Manitoba To Introduce Bill To Regulate Consumer Cellphone Contracts
  45. Toronto Star on NDP MP Andrew Cash
  46. Rogers Vice Chair Says Netflix Should Face Canadian Regulatory Obligations
  47. Billboard Article Changes Tune on Canadian Copyright Reform
  48. Tory Majority Gives Ottawa A Crack At Breaking The Digital Logjam
  49. CRIA vs. CMPA on Canadian Copyright Reform
  50. The Digital Challenge: 1500 Days to Universal, Competitive Broadband in Canada
  51. CRTC Chair Calls on Broadcasters to Lobby For Legislative Reform
  52. Supreme Court Grants Leave in K-12 Copyright Case
  53. Israel Reacts Angrily to Inclusion on US IP Watch List
  54. Copyright Lobby Groups Press European Parliament to Pass ACTA
  55. Apple and Sony Privacy Woes Point to Legal Holes
  56. Apple and Sony Privacy Woes Point to Legal Holes
  57. The US Intellectual Property Watch List: The Canadian Perspective
  58. The US Intellectual Property Watch List: The Global Perspective
  59. The Conservative Majority: What Next for Digital Policies?
  60. Polls are Open: Get out and Vote!

April 2011

  1. Wikileaks on New Zealand Copyright: US Funds IP Enforcement, Offers to Draft Legislation
  2. A Wikileaks Cable to Call My Own
  3. Wikileaks Cable: CMPDA Supports Notice-and-Notice System
  4. Wikileaks Cable: What Makes for Good Canadian Heritage Minister
  5. Wikileaks Cables Show Massive U.S. Effort to Establish Canadian DMCA
  6. Wikileaks on CRIA and the U.S. Government: How They Combine to Lobby on Canadian Copyright
  7. Wikileaks Cable Confirms Public Pressure Forced Delay of Canadian Copyright Bill in 2008
  8. US Department of Homeland Security: ACTA Sweetheart Deal for IP Owners
  9. Telus Calls on CRTC to Establish Vertical Integration Safeguards
  10. Sony Security Breach Among the Biggest in History
  11. U.S. Confirmed as “Lone Hold Out” on ACTA Transparency
  12. Netflix on Canadian Data Caps
  13. Shaw Planning to Implement UBB This Summer
  14. Election 2011: The Digital Policy Surprises
  15. Election 2011: The Digital Policy Surprises
  16. UK Music Publishers Take Down Canadian Sheet Music Site
  17. Tweeting the Election Results: The Canada Elections Act and Social Media
  18. GeistCEAaffidavit
  19. Comparing the Political Parties on Arts Policy
  20. Liberals on C-32’s Digital Lock Rules
  21. Digital Locks Emerge As Election Issue in Battleground Riding
  22. Why the Conservatives Copyright Plans Create a Hidden Cost for RIM’s PlayBook
  23. OECD Broadband Rankings: Canada Ranks 28th out of 33 Countries Based on Bell, Rogers & Shaw Data
  24. iPod Tax Campaign an “Expensive Gamble”
  25. The iPod Tax, the iTunes Tax and the Notepad Tax
  26. Cancon, The Opera
  27. The PlayBook Tax: Why the Conservative’s Copyright Plans Create a Hidden Cost for RIM’s PlayBook
  28. IPod Tax Battle Hides Multi-Million Dollar Increase in Copyright Levy
  29. What a Difference Two Years Can Make: Canadian Broadcasters and Distributors on the Internet
  30. World Economic Forum’s Global IT Report: Where Canada Ranks
  31. iPod Tax Fight Conceals Another Consumer Copyright Fee Hike
  32. icprivatecopy07
  33. The Liberal Digital Economy Strategy: Extended Edition
  34. What To Do About Usage Based Billing: NDP & Liberal Positions Take Shape
  35. Liberal Online Discussion on Digital Policies
  36. India Will Not Accept IP Talks Outside of WTO
  37. NDP Unveils Its Digital Economy Strategy: Reshaping Internet Access in Canada
  38. The Boxing Day Shopper Who Upended Privacy Laws
  39. The Conservatives Commitment to Internet Surveillance
  40. Conservatives on their Digital Economy Strategy: Wait Until After the Election
  41. Joining the Wellington Street Post Advisory Board
  42. Facebook Comments Lead to Criminal Charges in Alberta
  43. YouTube Takes Down Harper Music Clip on Copyright Claim
  44. What to do About Retail Usage Based Billing: A Modest Proposal
  45. Major Canadian Law Firms Victims of Cyber Attacks
  46. What Does a Gig Cost?
  47. Disruptive Internet Streaming May Lead to New Canadian Broadcast Bargain
  48. Disruptive Internet Streaming May Lead to New Canadian Broadcast Bargain
  49. NY Times Sends Cease and Desist to Canadian Over Name of Paywall Script
  50. Canadian Election Attracts Attention in India…Over Copyright
  51. Reflecting on The Liberal Digital Economy Strategy
  52. Liberals First Out With Their Digital Economy Strategy
  53. Usage Based Billing and Network Congestion: Sorting Through The Claims

March 2011

  1. Myths and Fallacies About Usage Based Billing
  2. Copyright and Canada’s Trade Agreements: Point of Disagreement Between the Parties?
  3. Rogers Faces More Questions on World of Warcraft Throttling
  4. Study Finds Open Access Increases Citation in Legal Scholarship By Over 50%
  5. Open Media’s Steve Anderson on Stopping the Meter
  6. GeistonUBB
  7. Usage Based Billing Around the World: How Canada Stands Alone
  8. GeistUBBcomparative
  9. UBB is Dead. Long Live UBB
  10. Cable Companies on UBB: No Link Between Cost and Price
  11. Bell To Drop Wholesale UBB For AVP?
  12. How to Vote for the Internet: Election Our Chance To Ask About Internet Policy
  13. How to Vote for the Internet: Election Your Chance To Ask About Internet Policy
  14. Rogers Admits Traffic Management Throttles World of Warcraft
  15. Supreme Court Grants Leave To Copyright, Broadcasting Cases
  16. Another Copyright Bill Hits the Scrap Heap: Taking Stock of Canadian Digital Law and Policy Reform
  17. Five Straight Years: Canadian Digital Music Sales Growth Against Beats the U.S.
  18. Rogers Provides New Evidence on Effectiveness of Notice-and-Notice System
  19. U.S. Paper Says No Decline in New Music In Napster Age
  20. LSE Study Says P2P Should Be Encouraged to Promote Innovation
  21. The Truth About Pirates and Profits: A Market Failure, Not Legal One
  22. Canadian Backed Report Says Piracy a Market Failure, Not Legal One
  23. Cdn Heritage Ctee Recommends Excluding Copyright From Trade Deals, Limits on Implementing ACTA
  24. Gilded Age for Cable
  25. The UBB Deception
  26. CRTC Makes It Easier To Switch Providers
  27. BCE CEO Cope Says UBB Accounts for Almost All Internet Revenue Gains
  28. Government Launches Open Gov Initiative
  29. Same As It Ever Was: Canada’s New Open Data Portal and Restrictive Licence Terms
  30. EU Report Says CETA IP Provisions Would Increase Consumer Prices, Royalty Deficit
  31. Canada’s Worst Cellphone Bill: The Sequel
  32. In Defence of a Fair Use Defence
  33. Internet Governance Battle Heats Up as Governments Demand Greater Powers
  34. Internet Governance Battle Heats Up as Governments Demand Greater Powers
  35. U.S. Intellectual Property Demands for TPP Leak: Everything it Wanted in ACTA But Didn’t Get
  36. EU: Time For a New Approach on Copyright
  37. Burberry, Louis Vuitton Seek Millions in Damages For Counterfeiting Using Current Canadian Law
  38. NorthwesTel Demands Facebook Remove Criticism Logo
  39. Access to Medicines Reform Passes House of Commons
  40. Do We Still Need Foreign Ownership Restrictions in Canadian Broadcasting?
  41. Do We Still Need Foreign Ownership Restrictions in Canadian Broadcasting?
  42. Canadian Lawyers on C-32: Fix the Digital Lock Rules
  43. Conservatives and Bloc Negotiating C-32 Deal?
  44. U.S. Government Funding For Open Education Materials a “Game Changer”
  45. U.S. Government Funding For Open Education Materials a “Game Changer”
  46. Bloc Sets Terms For Its Support of Bill C-32
  47. Canadian Funded Study Provides New Insights Into Global Piracy Claims
  48. Liberal Party On Usage Based Billing
  49. Petition Launched in Opposition to CETA
  50. What if We Treated Election Law like Copyright?
  51. SAC Music Sharing Proposal Garners Attention
  52. Liberal MP Dan McTeague: Repeat Copyright Infringer?
  53. The Canadian isoHunt Litigation: The CRIA Cease and Desist Letter That Started it All
  54. isohuntc&d
  55. The CCA’s $126 Million Wheel of Fortune: Guessing at Bill C-32’s Costs
  56. The Legal Case Against isoHunt
  57. Australia Considers New Digital Lock Exceptions
  58. Canadian Musicians On the Benefits of the Internet
  59. Canadian Broadcasters Say C-32 Needed to Save Local Radio
  60. CRIA Wrote To PCH Committee To Support iPod Levy Weeks Before Telling Gov’t Officials It Opposed It
  61. CRIAonC32
  62. Pandora: High Costs Keeping Us Out of Canada
  63. Statscan Releases Latest Sound Recording Economic Data
  64. CRIA Breaks From Creator Groups and Indy Labels On iPod Levy

February 2011

  1. hendersononc32
  2. CRIA Continues Fight Against Industry Canada Sponsored P2P Study
  3. Warner Music Mutes MP Angus’ Radio Documentary On Youtube
  4. Japan Wanted Canada Out of Initial ACTA Group
  5. Clement Vows to Overturn CRTC if UBB Decision Unchanged
  6. OpenMedia.ca To Launch Stop the Meter Day of Action
  7. Liberal MP Dan McTeague Emerges As Unofficial CRIA Spokesperson
  8. Chilean and NZ Proposals for TPP IP Chapter: Counter IP Abuse, Support Public Domain
  9. criaisohuntdefence
  10. Debating the Scope of the CRTC’s UBB Review
  11. Documentary Organization of Canada on C-32’s Digital Lock Rules: Denies Our Freedom of Speech
  12. IMSLP Faces Renewed Pressure From European Publishers
  13. Globe Calls for Opening Telecom Foreign Investment
  14. Nowak on 10 Myths from UBB Supporters
  15. Spectrum Consultation Could Form Cornerstone of Digital Policy for Next Decade
  16. Spectrum Consult Could Form Cornerstone of Digital Policy for Next Decade
  17. CETA and Copyright: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on International Trade
  18. Copyright Lobby Group Makes the Case for Flexible Digital Lock Rules
  19. CRTC Closes Net Neutrality Complaint Against Rogers
  20. CIRA to Host Canadian Internet Forum
  21. CRTCFinalonRogersITMP
  22. Pulling a Fast One?: Who Is Really Hurt By C-32’s Missing Fair Dealing Circumvention Exception
  23. Rogers Responds To CRTC Net Neutrality Concerns: No Need for Disclosure Changes
  24. OC Transpo Backs Away From Open Data
  25. RogersFeb11response
  26. Rogersnetneutresponsefeb11
  27. Leaving Millions on the Table: Pandora and Canadian Music
  28. B.C. Court of Appeal Upholds Internet Ad Keyword Decision
  29. TVO’s The Agenda on UBB
  30. Weak Copyright Laws? Recording Industry Files Massive Lawsuit Against isoHunt
  31. Weak Copyright Laws? Recording Industry Files Massive Lawsuit Against isoHunt
  32. isohuntamendedlawsuit
  33. isohuntlawsuit
  34. CNOC on the CRTC UBB Review: It’s Re-Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic
  35. CNOC Letter on UBB
  36. Saving the Best for Last: Bell’s Network Congestion Admission
  37. Canadian Council of Archives on C-32: Digital Lock Rules Disastrous For Long-Term Access
  38. The Usage Based Billing Consultations: What the CRTC and the Government Should Do Next
  39. CRTC and Shaw Launch UBB Consultations
  40. Universities of Ottawa and Haifa Announce LL.M. Exchange
  41. CETA Could Cost Drug Plans Billions
  42. Canadian Bar Association Speaks Out On Bill C-32
  43. Bell’s Sunny Broadband Claims
  44. No Cap on UBB Reading: Lots of Coverage of Caps and Competition
  45. Solving Canada’s Uncompetitive Internet Will Take More Than CRTC Reversal
  46. Clearing Up the Confusion over the Caps
  47. The CRTC’s Faulty UBB Foundation: Why There is Reason to Doubt the Review
  48. CRTC Delays Implementation of UBB Decision
  49. Three Cents Per Gigabyte
  50. AUCC Post C-32 Position Paper: Focus on Fair Dealing and Digital Locks
  51. Clement Confirms Plans to Overturn UBB Decision
  52. Angus Calls for Hearings on CRTC Broadcasting False News Change
  53. Canadian Federation of Students Releases C-32 Position Paper
  54. The Government’s Review of Usage Based Billing: What Should Come Next
  55. Independent ISPs Speak out on UBB
  56. CNOC Letter
  57. Unpacking The Policy Issues Behind Bandwidth Caps & Usage Based Billing

January 2011

  1. Telus On “Unlimited Internet”
  2. More Canadians Speak Out on Bill C-32, Deadline Today
  3. Creator Groups Trade Short Term Gain for Long Term Pain in Bell – CTV Merger Review
  4. Creator Groups Trade Short Term Gain for Long Term Pain on BCE-CTV Merger
  5. Triangulation: My Interview with Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt
  6. House of Commons Committee Invites Comments on Open Government
  7. ACTA: Negotiations May Be Done, But Debate Continues
  8. Netflix CEO: Canadian ISP Caps “Significant Negative”
  9. CRTC Rules Videotron Violated Undue Preference Rules on Video-on-Demand Service
  10. European Commission Sued Over ACTA Secrecy
  11. Canadians Speaking Out on Bill C-32: Only Five Days Left
  12. CRTC Issues Usage Based Billing Decision
  13. CRTC Endorses CCTS
  14. Jennifer Stoddart’s Shot Across the Privacy Bow
  15. Jennifer Stoddart’s Shot Across the Privacy Bow
  16. Canadian Heritage Officials Questioned CRTC Reports on Fee-For-Carriage
  17. How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks
  18. Ontario Privacy Commish Sides With Opt-Out on Behavioural Online Tracking
  19. Rogers’ Scare Tactics and “Unsafe Public Wifi”
  20. 2011finalexam
  21. Public and Political Concern Over Usage Based Billing Gathers Steam
  22. Bell Telemarketers Generate Thousands of Complaints
  23. Why Canada’s Fair Dealing Rules May Impede Free Speech: The Conservative Ads, the CBC, and Copyright
  24. Canada’s Grassroots National Digital Library Takes Shape
  25. Canada’s Grassroots National Digital Library Takes Shape
  26. Broadcasters Criticize CRTC Plan for Publicizing Digital Transition
  27. The Roadmap to a Compromise on Bill C-32
  28. CWTA Divided Over Consumer Protection Laws for Wireless Services
  29. The Roadmap to a Compromise on Bill C-32
  30. Stoddart to Give Public Lecture on Privacy Protection
  31. Speak Out on Copyright: The Bill C-32 Edition
  32. CRTC Says Rogers Not Complying With Net Neutrality Disclosure Requirements
  33. CRTC Rogers Net Neut Letter
  34. Ringing Up Support for the Bell – CTV Deal
  35. Federal Support for R&D Consultation Paper Released
  36. Government to Appeal Ruling on Website Accessibility
  37. CRTC Proposes to Change Standard for Broadcasting False or Misleading News
  38. Supreme Court Will Lead Tech Law in 2011
  39. Supreme Court Will Lead Tech Law in 2011
  40. Study Ranks Canada Last on Access to Information
  41. The Netflix Effect in Canada
  42. FCC Launches Open Internet Apps Challenge
  43. Canadian Recording Industry To Pay $45 Million To Settle Class Action Over Copyright Infringement
  44. Cambridge University Responds to Bank Card Takedown Demand
  45. The State of IPv6 in Canada
  46. U Bank Card Association Demands Takedown of Student Research Paper
  47. Creators’ Copyright Coalition View of C-32 Stakeholders
  48. The Year in Open Access
  49. PIAC on Canadian Telecom Reform
  50. 2010 CLawBies – Canadian Law Blog Awards
  51. Vancouver Sun: Copyright fees Could Force Universities to Embrace Digital Age
  52. U.S. Plans for a Special 301 Report on GMOs?
  53. Controversial Provisions in Olympic Marks Protection Law Expires
  54. Copyright Predictions for 2011
  55. Public Domain Day 2011

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