The Curious Engineer

Michael Geist

2013–2016

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2016 190

December 2016

  1. Historic or Immaterial?: Making Sense of the CRTC Ruling on Broadband Access as a Basic Service
  2. Ontario Government Tells Ottawa It Is Open to New Internet Tax to Fund Cancon
  3. Return to Sender: Government Committee Wants Canada Post To Help Solve Rural Broadband Woes
  4. How the Supreme Court Can Avoid Turning the Internet Into an Online Wild West
  5. Unnecessary at Best, Harmful at Worst: Melanie Joly Seeks Global Consensus on Culture Contributions from Digital Services
  6. Canadian Copyright Reform Requires Fix to the Fair Dealing Gap
  7. Upon Further Review, the Ruling Should Stand: Why the CRTC Made the Right Call on the Super Bowl Simsub Ban
  8. Google v. Equustek: The SCC Hearing on Internet Jurisdiction and Free Speech
  9. MyDemocracy.ca Responses Don’t Count If You Refuse To Disclose Household Income and Other Personal Information
  10. Music Canada Reverses on Years of Copyright Lobbying: Now Says WIPO Internet Treaties Were Wrong Guess

November 2016

  1. Melanie Joly’s Tough Choice on Canadian Content: New Thinking or New Taxes
  2. Why We Need the CBC as an Ad-Free Digital News Competitor
  3. Back to the Drawing Board as Trump Kills the TPP
  4. CETA Bill Hits 2nd Reading as Officials Admit They Haven’t Studied Financial Impact of Patent Reforms
  5. Why Navdeep Bains and Melanie Joly Are on a Collision Course on Digital Policy
  6. Death Knell for the TPP: A Chance for Real Change to Trade Policy
  7. The Billion Dollar Question: How to Pay for Melanie Joly’s Digital Cancon Plans
  8. Federal Court Rules Against Blacklock’s: Business Models Always Subject to Copyright Fair Dealing Rights
  9. Trump Victory May Kill the TPP, But Reopening NAFTA Could Bring Back the Same IP Demands
  10. The Missing Public Voice: My Comments on the Copyright Board at the Senate Banking Committee
  11. Lost Confidence: Why Trust in Canadian Surveillance Agencies Has Been Irreparably Harmed
  12. The CRTC’s Differential Pricing Hearing: ISPs Should Not Be Picking the Internet’s Winners and Losers
  13. CETA Implementation Bill Provides Reminder of the IP Cost in the Canada – EU Trade Deal

October 2016

  1. No Minister Joly, The Internet Is Much More Than Just Movies, TV and Music
  2. Why Trudeau’s TPP Comments Undermine Freeland’s Credibility on Canada’s Biggest Trade Deal
  3. The Devil is in the Details: Why CETA is on the Verge of Collapse
  4. CETA Talks Break Down: “It is Evident that the EU Is Incapable of Reaching an Agreement”
  5. Beyond a Netflix Tax: Why Melanie Joly’s Comments Point to Regulation of Internet Services
  6. Why New Digital Taxes Could Play a Starring Role in the Government’s CanCon Policy
  7. Why Copyright Reform Won’t Solve the Troubles Faced By the Newspaper Industry
  8. Canada’s Privacy Failure: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy & Ethics
  9. Lawful Access is Back: How the Government Quietly Revived Canada’s Most Controversial Privacy Issue

September 2016

  1. CANADALAND: Paywall “Blackmail”
  2. Behind the Scenes of the Digital CanCon Consultation: No Netflix Regs, CRTC Review or Copyright Overhaul
  3. No Netflix Tax & No New Money: Reading Between the Lines of the Digital CanCon Consultation
  4. Same As It Ever Was: The Gap Between Public and “Stakeholder” Views on Canadian Content
  5. Not a Free for All: Canadian University Libraries Spending Hundreds of Millions on Licensing

August 2016

  1. Canada’s Innovation Strategy Must Stop Tech Trolls
  2. Ottawa Needs to Combat Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights
  3. Government-Backed Study Finds Piracy Fight a Low Priority for Canadian Rights Holders
  4. Study Finds Piracy Fight a Low Priority for Canadian Rights Holders
  5. Do You Consent? Four Ways to Strengthen Digital Privacy
  6. Creating Meaningful Privacy Consent for the Digital World

July 2016

  1. The Trouble with the TPP’s Copyright Rules
  2. Canada’s National Digitization Plan Leaves Virtual Shelves Empty
  3. Why Canada’s National Digitization Plan Falls Short
  4. Pokémon Go Craze Brings New “Augmented Reality” Legal Issues Into Light
  5. It’s All Fun and Games Until We Lose Our Digital Privacy
  6. Why the Canada – EU Trade Deal is in More Trouble Than the Government Admits
  7. A Canada-EU Trade Deal is in More Trouble than We’re Told
  8. Canadian Battle over “Zero Rating” Places Net Neutrality Safeguards at Risk
  9. Zero Rating Battle Throws Net Neutrality in Doubt

June 2016

  1. Canadian File Sharing Lawsuit Could Upend Copyright Privacy Protections
  2. How a File-Sharing Lawsuit Against Rogers Threatens Your Internet Privacy
  3. Fictional Claims: Why Kids Are Not Suffering With Canada’s Copyright Fair Dealing Rules
  4. Ignore the Scare Tactics: The Real Future of Bell Investment in Fibre Networks
  5. Federal Court of Appeal Upholds CRTC Ruling That Bell Mobile TV Service Violated Telecom Law
  6. Why the Federal Court Crackdown on Set-Top Boxes Threatens to Chill Canadian Tech Innovation
  7. Set-top box crackdown will chill Canada’s tech innovation
  8. Democracy in Action: Reflecting on the Toronto TPP Town Hall
  9. Canada’s Surveillance Crisis Now Hiding In Plain Sight
  10. Security Agencies Need to Fess Up About Illegal Privacy Breaches
  11. Why the Privacy Commissioner Doesn’t Need Legal Reforms To Require Transparency Reports
  12. Former Copyright Board Chair Vancise Takes Aim at the Board Critics
  13. The TPP’s Impact on Canadian Culture Emerging as Political Issue
  14. Industry Canada to Foreign Affairs After CETA Leaks: Can We Get a Copy of the Text?
  15. Why an Australian Study Could Provide Canada with an Innovation Roadmap
  16. Looking Down Under for a Roadmap to Innovation
  17. Canada Post Drops Lawsuit Over Crowdsourced Postal Codes
  18. Canadian Government’s Internal TPP Analysis: IP Rules Much Broader Than Any Canadian FTA

May 2016

  1. Why Telecom Transparency Reporting in Canada Still Falls Short
  2. Telecom Transparency Reporting Guidelines Need Clarity
  3. Government-Mandated Website Blocking Comes to Canada as Quebec’s Bill 74 Takes Effect
  4. In Search of a Plan B for the TPP
  5. Time for Plan B Instead of Trans Pacific Partnership?
  6. Canada’s Copyright Lobby Revolving Door Raises Fairness Concerns Ahead of 2017 Review
  7. The Trouble With the TPP: Cost to the Canadian Economy Garnering Increasing Attention
  8. House of Commons Fast Tracks Copyright Bill To Implement Marrakesh Treaty
  9. Canada’s New Telecom Policy Begins to Take Shape With Rejection of Bell Appeal, Support for Net Neutrality
  10. Rejecting Bell’s Broadband Fight Sends a Clear Signal
  11. Canadian Government Officials Confirm TPP Will Raise Pharmaceutical Costs
  12. Forget a Netflix Tax: How The Digital CanCon Review Can Shake Up the Status Quo
  13. Forget a Netflix Tax. Here’s How to Shake Up Canada’s Culture
  14. The Trouble with the TPP: My Appearance Before the International Trade Committee
  15. The TPP, IP, and Digital Policy: My CABE Presentation
  16. The Digital CanCon Review: Be Wary of Old Whine in New Bottles
  17. Digital Cancon Fight Could End Up as New Whine in Old Bottles
  18. Why Bell’s Plan to Buy MTS Could Kill the Government’s Fourth Wireless Carrier Strategy

April 2016

  1. Voltage Pictures Launches Canadian File Sharing Lawsuit With Reverse Class Action Strategy
  2. Canadian Officials Admit TPP IP Policy Runs Counter To Preferred National Strategy
  3. Why Federal Leadership on Universal Broadband is a Need, Not a Want
  4. Plan for Universal Internet Needs Real Leadership
  5. Canadian Copyright Bill for the Blind in Need of Fine Tuning
  6. Copyright Bill for the Blind Needs Fine Tuning
  7. Intervening at the CRTC: Nothing Encourages Participation Like Background Checks and Legally Mandated Undertakings
  8. Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access is a Job for Everyone
  9. Affordable Internet Access is Everyone’s Business
  10. Broadbent Institute: The TPP Free Trade Charade
  11. Ontario Music Fund Oversight Hits Sour Note: Gov Docs Discuss “Breach of Integrity”
  12. Out of Tune?: Government Documents Reveal Concern With Integrity of Ontario Music Fund Assessments
  13. U.S. State Department vs. USTR on Eli Lilly and Canadian Patent Utility Rules

March 2016

  1. Canada’s Innovation Challenge: Keeping The Billion Dollar Club At Home
  2. Canada Needs to Keep Next Billion-Dollar Startup at Home
  3. Canadian TPP Consultation Launches As U.S. Certification Looms in the Distance
  4. When It Comes to the TPP, U.S. Demands Could Trump Canadian Desires
  5. Budget 2016: Is It The End of a Canadian Digital Strategy?
  6. Canada to Introduce Copyright Bill Implementing Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access for the Blind
  7. False Alarms: Examining the Misleading Claims About the State of Canadian Publishers
  8. CRDP UdeM: Droit/Law+Tech – Michael Geist – Now What?: Canadian Privacy and Surveillance Law
  9. Copyright Board Ruling Strikes Fair Balance in Heated Education Fight
  10. Copyright Ruling Strikes Fair Balance in Heated Education Fight
  11. The Trouble with the TPP: Canadians Get Their Chance To Speak Out
  12. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 50: The Case Against Ratifying the Trans Pacific Partnership
  13. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 49: Why Canada Must Wait For the U.S. to Move on the TPP
  14. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 48: U.S. Reserves Right to “Certify” Canada’s TPP Implementation
  15. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 47: Hits and Misses in the Agricultural Sector
  16. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 46: Limited Employment Gains or Even Job Losses for Canada
  17. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 45: Limited Economic Gains for Canada
  18. Giving Pick-and-Pay a Chance: Why Skinny Basic Is Just the Start of More Competitive TV Pricing
  19. Why Skinny Basic Is Just the Start of More Competitive TV Pricing
  20. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 44: Canada’s Terrible ISDS Track Record
  21. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 43: Eli Lilly Is What Happens When ISDS Rules Go Wrong
  22. Government Raises Doubts About Independence of Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Patent Case
  23. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 42: The Risks of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
  24. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 41: ISDS Rules Do Not Meet Canada’s New “Gold” Standard
  25. Why the FBI’s Apple iPhone Demands Are Rotten to the Core
  26. Apple iPhone Unlock Standoff Rotten to the Core

February 2016

  1. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 40: Mobile Roaming Promises Unfulfilled
  2. Quebec Court Dismisses Copibec Copyright Class Action Against Laval University
  3. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 39: Quiet Expansion of Criminal Copyright Provisions
  4. OMDC Response Confirms Minister Coteau’s Music Fund Claims Inaccurate
  5. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 38: Limits on Canadian Digital Lock Safeguards
  6. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 37: Breaking Digital Locks For Personal Purposes
  7. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 36: Why the TPP Could Restrict Uber Regulation
  8. Secret Spending & Weak Results: Why the Ontario Government’s Music Fund Strikes the Wrong Note
  9. Secrecy Around $30M Ontario Music Fund Strikes Wrong Notes
  10. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 35: Gambling With Provincial Regulation
  11. Fairness Confirmed: Copyright Board Deals Another Blow to Access Copyright
  12. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 34: PMO Was Advised Canada at a Negotiating Disadvantage
  13. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 33: Setting the Rules for a Future Pharmacare Program
  14. Yachts and Helicopters?: Why All Stakeholders Should Be Concerned By Blais’ Blast
  15. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 32: Illusory Safeguards Against Encryption Backdoors
  16. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 31: Canadian Trademark Law Overhaul
  17. City Councils Strike Back in Bell Broadband Battle
  18. City Councils Strike Back in Broadband Battle
  19. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 30: Losing Our Way on Geographical Indications
  20. Why Journalism is not Dying in the Digital Age
  21. Digital Era Raises Tough Questions About Journalism’s Future
  22. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 29: Cultural Policy Innovation Uncertainty
  23. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 28: Privacy Risks From the Source Code Rules
  24. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 27: Source Code Disclosure Confusion
  25. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 26: Why It Limits Canadian Cultural Policies
  26. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 25: The Treaties Within the Treaty
  27. Toronto City Council Sides With CRTC in Rejecting Mayor Tory’s Support of Bell Appeal
  28. The TPP, IP and Canada: My Bloomberg TV Interview
  29. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 24: Missing Balance on IP Border Measures
  30. The Trouble With the TPP, Day 23: On Signing Day, What Comes Next?
  31. Canada is About to Sign the Pacific Trade Deal. What Next?
  32. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 22: Expanding Border Measures Without Court Oversight
  33. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 21: U.S. Requires Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Report Card

January 2016

  1. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 20: Unenforceable Net Neutrality Rules
  2. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 19: No Canadian Side Agreements to Advance Tech Sector
  3. Why Canadian Telecom Companies Must Defend Your Right to Privacy
  4. Why Telecoms Must Defend Your Right to Privacy
  5. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 18: Failure to Protect Canadian Cultural Policy
  6. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 17: Weak E-commerce Rules
  7. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 16: Intervening in Internet Governance
  8. Fair Access: Striking the Right Balance on Education and Copyright
  9. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 15: Weak Anti-Spam Law Standards
  10. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 14: No U.S. Assurances for Canada on Privacy
  11. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 13: Ban on Data Transfer Restrictions
  12. Why Canada Could Get Caught in a Global Privacy Battle
  13. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 12: Restrictions on Data Localization Requirements
  14. Access Copyright Demands Higher Royalties Due to Education Investment in Technology
  15. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 11: Weak Privacy Standards
  16. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 10: Criminalization of Trade Secret Law
  17. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 9: Limits on Medical Devices and Pharma Data Collection
  18. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 8: Locking In Biologics Protection
  19. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 7: Patent Term Extensions
  20. The Battle Over the Future of Broadband in Canada: Mayors Tory & Watson v. Nenshi
  21. Why Mayors John Tory and Jim Watson Are Against Competition for Access to Affordable Fast Broadband
  22. Canada’s Pharma Failure: Why High Drug Prices Are About to Soar Higher
  23. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 6: The Price of Entry
  24. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 5: Rights Holders “Shall” vs. Users “May”
  25. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 4: Copyright Notice and Takedown Rules
  26. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 3: Copyright Term Extension
  27. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 2: Locking in Digital Locks
  28. Tech Law in 2016: Previewing Some of the Tough Policy Choices
  29. The Policy Choices That Will Define Tech Law in 2016
  30. The Trouble with the TPP, Day 1: U.S. Blocks Balancing Objectives

2015 190

December 2015

  1. The Letters of the Law: 2015 in Technology Law and Policy
  2. The Year in Technology Law and Policy
  3. The Battle Over Uber: Mapping Out a Regulatory Compromise
  4. How to Defuse the Battle Over Uber
  5. Competition Tribunal Gives Go Ahead for Price Maintenance Claim Against Music Industry Giants
  6. Technology and the TPP: A Panel Discussion
  7. Why the Government’s Commitment to “Open by Default” Must Be Bigger Than Open Data
  8. Set the Data Free, Mr. Trudeau
  9. Government Docs Suggest Officials Thinking About Website Blocking, Targeting VPN Usage
  10. Why Netflix May Come Under Fire from Ottawa
  11. Quebec Law Would Violate First Rule of the Canadian Internet
  12. Quebec’s Online Gambling Law Threatens Canada’s Open Internet

November 2015

  1. What Canadian Heritage Officials Didn’t Tell Minister Mélanie Joly About Copyright
  2. What Now? Privacy and Surveillance in Canada After the Paris Attacks
  3. Are Canadian Internet Privacy Laws at Risk?
  4. Why the Supreme Court’s Endorsement of Technological Neutrality in Copyright May Be Anti-Technology
  5. Signing vs. Ratifying: Unpacking the Canadian Government Position on the TPP
  6. Why the TPP is a Canadian Digital Policy Failure
  7. Why the TPP is a Digital Policy Failure for Canada
  8. Canada and the TPP: My Talk on a Digital Policy Failure
  9. Quebec Bets on Internet Blocking: New Bill Mandates ISP Blocking of Gambling Websites
  10. Flawed Copyright Case Places Spotlight on Canada’s Digital Lock Problem
  11. Paywall Ruling Places Spotlight on Canada’s Digital Lock Problem
  12. Official Release of TPP Text Confirms Massive Loss to Canadian Public Domain
  13. The Coming Battle over the Internet and Canadian Cultural Policy
  14. Why a Battle over the Internet and Canadian Cultural Policy is Brewing

October 2015

  1. C-51 Reform, TPP Top the List of “Real Change” Tech Policy Priorities
  2. Privacy, Telecom Competition Among Trudeau’s Tech Policy Priorities
  3. The TPP’s Canadian Copyright Costs Creating Concern
  4. Real Change on Digital Policy May Take Time Under New Liberal Government
  5. The Rise and Fall of the Conservatives’ Digital Policy
  6. How the Conservatives Lost the Internet
  7. The NDP’s Confusion on Copyright Term: Is Term Extension on their Agenda?
  8. How the TPP Puts Canadian Privacy at Risk
  9. How the TPP May Put Your Health Care Data at Risk
  10. Why the TPP Creates a Backdoor Copyright Takedown System in Canada
  11. Canada Caves on Copyright in TPP: Commits to Longer Term, Urge ISPs to Block Content
  12. CBC Shoots Itself in the Foot With Election Debate Coverage
  13. CBC Shoots Itself in the Foot With Election Debate Coverage
  14. Is the Canadian Government Misleading the Public on the TPP Copyright Provisions?
  15. TPP Negotiations Conclude: What Next for the Trade Deal Without a Public Text?

September 2015

  1. Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue
  2. Why is Universal Internet Access Missing from the 2015 Election Campaign?
  3. The TPP End Game and the Canadian Election
  4. How a Dancing Baby Struck a Blow for Balanced Copyright Law
  5. How a Dancing Baby Struck a Blow for Balanced Copyright Law
  6. Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue
  7. Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue
  8. CIRA’s Board Election Launches: Why I Need Your Vote
  9. BC Court Ruling Offers Strong Defence of Internet Keyword Advertising
  10. BC Court Ruling Offers Strong Defence of Internet Keyword Advertising
  11. Canadian Music Industry Hit With Competition Complaint Over Public Domain Recordings

August 2015

  1. Senate Reports Give a Glimpse of Potential Future Digital Policies
  2. Senate Reports Give a Glimpse of Potential Future Digital Policies
  3. Premature Capitulation: How Canada Caved at the TPP Talks in Hawaii
  4. How Canada Caved at the TPP Talks in Hawaii
  5. Why Canada’s Net Neutrality Enforcement is Going at Half-Throttle
  6. When It Comes to Net Neutrality, Canada’s Going at Half-Throttle
  7. Netflix Taxes and Canadian Digital Issues in the Election Spotlight
  8. Election Could Shine Spotlight on Digital Issues
  9. The TPP Copyright Chapter Leaks: Canada May Face Website Blocking, New Criminal Provisions & Term Extension
  10. Canadian Government Amends “Caretaker Rules” To Give Itself Power to Continue Negotiating TPP

July 2015

  1. Is Canada Set to Cave on Copyright Term Extension in the TPP?
  2. Mapping Out the CRTC Blueprint for Universal, Affordable Internet Access
  3. Mapping Out the CRTC Blueprint for Universal, Affordable Internet Access
  4. More Than Milk: Why Agricultural Protections Are Just the Tip of the TPP Iceberg
  5. Agricultural Implications Just the Tip of the TPP Iceberg
  6. Uber Battle the Latest Chapter in the Internet’s Never-Ending Story
  7. Not the First Time We’ve Heard the Uber Story
  8. Why the New Canadian Telecom Transparency Rules Fall Short
  9. Telecom Transparency Reporting Fails to Satisfy

June 2015

  1. Quebec’s Website Blocking Plan Gambles With the Open Internet
  2. Quebec Gambles with the Open Internet
  3. CBC Seeks Takedown of Conservative Ad, Claims “No One” Can Re-Use Its News Clips Without Permission
  4. Getting OMNI’d: Why Many Canadian TV Channels May Be Headed for the Chopping Block
  5. Why Many Canadian TV Channels May Be Headed for the Chopping Block
  6. Guess Who Claims Canadian Music May Go Silent Without Another Copyright Extension?
  7. B.C. Court of Appeal Rules Facebook’s Fine Print Trumps Privacy Law
  8. Why the Liberal Party Defence of Its Support for Bill C-51 Falls Flat
  9. SOCAN Reports Canadian Internet Music Streaming Copyright Revenues Soar 525%
  10. Suck on This: Canadian Government Rejects IP Lobby’s Concerns on Dot-Sucks Domain
  11. How the Budget Bill Quietly Reshapes Canadian Privacy Law
  12. How Bill C-59 Reshapes Canadian Privacy Law
  13. B.C. Court of Appeal Upholds Global Deletion Order Against Google
  14. Liberals and NDP Call for Disclosure of Online Video Provider Revenues and Subscriber Data
  15. Netflix vs. CraveTV: More Than 90% of CraveTV Titles Are Not Available On Netflix U.S. or Canada
  16. Sorry Bell, Accessing U.S. Netflix is Not Theft
  17. Why Accessing U.S. Netflix is Not Theft
  18. Canadian Copyright Extension Set To Pass Committee As Recording Industry Lobbyist The Only Copyright Witness
  19. Canadian Cellphone Freedom Day: Wireless Consumer Protections Now Apply to All
  20. Why Canadians Have Good Reason to Be Wary of the TPP
  21. Good Reasons for Caution in Trans Pacific Trade Deal

May 2015

  1. Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era
  2. You’re on Your Own: How the Government Wants Canadians To Sacrifice Their Personal Security
  3. Your Government is Spying on You Online. Here’s What You Can Do About It
  4. Government’s Expansion of PIPEDA in Budget Bill Raises Constitutional Questions
  5. Why The Copyright Board Decision Affirms Canadian Education’s Approach to Fair Dealing
  6. A Licence With Limited Value: Copyright Board Delivers Devastating Defeat to Access Copyright
  7. Canadian Piracy Rates Plummet as Industry Points to Effectiveness of Copyright Notice-and-Notice System
  8. Missing the Target: Why Does Canada Still Lack a Coherent Broadband Goal?
  9. Why Does Canada Still Lack a Coherent Broadband Target?
  10. Harper Letter to Music Canada on Budget Day Confirms Copyright Extension the Product of Industry Lobbying
  11. Balsillie’s Call for Patent Troll Reform: RIM Co-Founder Pushes For Made-in-Canada IP Policies
  12. No End in Sight: CISAC Calls for Another Canadian Copyright Term Extension
  13. Why the CRTC Fell Short in Addressing Canada’s Wireless Woes
  14. CRTC Falls Short on True Wireless Competition
  15. CMRRA Confirms Denial of Licences for Public Domain Recordings
  16. Sound of Silence: Why the Government’s Copyright Extension for Sound Recordings Will Reduce Access to Canada’s Musical Heritage
  17. House of Commons Passes Bill C-51 as Conservative MP Questions Values of Canadian Tech Companies
  18. The CRTC Knows Best: Why the Wireless Decision Doesn’t Go Far Enough
  19. Lobbying & Licensing: Behind the Recording Industry’s Campaign to Squeeze Out New Competitors
  20. Behind the Recording Industry’s Campaign to Squeeze Out New Competitors

April 2015

  1. Study Reports Big Drop in Spam Following Canadian Anti-Spam Law Implementation
  2. Canadian Government on Copyright Notice Flood: “It’s Not a Notice-and-Settlement Regime”
  3. The Power of Backroom Lobbying: How the Recording Industry Got Their Copyright Term Extension
  4. Competition Killer: Why the Copyright Term Extension For Sound Recordings Will Limit Consumer Choice and Increase Costs
  5. Behind the Government’s Multi-Million Dollar Budget Gift to the Recording Industry
  6. Is the Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway Really About Some Cheap Beatles Records?
  7. Canadian Recording Industry: Works Entering the Public Domain Are Not in the Public Interest
  8. The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Why Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings Could Cost Consumers Millions
  9. Copyright For Sale: How the Sony Documents Illustrate the Link Between the MPAA and Political Donations
  10. Race to the Bottom: Why Government Tax Credits For Film and TV Production Don’t Pay
  11. Tax Credits for Film and TV Production a Race to the Bottom
  12. Nobody’s Perfect: Leaked Contract Reveals Sony Requires Netflix To Geo-Block But Acknowledges Technology Is Imperfect
  13. Canada’s Non-Commercial Copyright Fail: Why Did YouTube Mute a Holocaust Memorial Video?
  14. Back to the Drawing Board: Bell Drops Opt-Out Targeted Ad Program
  15. Why Bell’s Opting-Out Approach Isn’t Good Enough
  16. The Copyright Notice Flood: What to Consider If You Receive a Copyright Infringement Notification
  17. CRTC, Competition Bureau Enforcement Actions Show Anti-Spam Law Has Teeth
  18. CRTC, Competition Bureau Enforcement of Canadian Anti-Spam Law Picks Up Steam
  19. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Rules Bell’s Targeted Ad Program Violates Canadian Law
  20. Conservative MP Ablonzcy on Bill C-51: Who Needs the Rule of Law?
  21. From Obama Birthers to Anti-Immigration Activists: Who the Government Turned to for Bill C-51 Support During Committee Hearings

March 2015

  1. We Can’t Hear You: The Shameful Review of Bill C-51 By the Numbers
  2. Quebec Takes on the Internet: Government Announces Plans to Require Website Blocking & Studies New Internet Access Tax
  3. Why the Crull Controversy Is a Symptom of Bell’s Bad Bundles Bet
  4. What On Earth is Happening at Bell?
  5. Bell’s Crull Banned CRTC Chair Blais From CTV News Coverage Following TalkTV Decision
  6. A Conversation About Bill C-51: How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Undermines Canadian Privacy
  7. Privacy Under Attack in Anti-Terror Bill
  8. Why the Vertically Integrated TV Giants Are the CRTC’s Hidden Target in Pick-and-Pay Decision
  9. Vertically Integrated TV Giants Are the CRTC’s Hidden Target
  10. Beware of the Scare Tactics, Part Two: CRTC Unveils Cheap Basic Service and Pick-and-Pay
  11. Why Did the CRTC Mandate Pick-and-Pay? Because BDU’s Wouldn’t Do It On Their Own
  12. Beware of the Scare Tactics: CRTC To Announce Pick-And-Pay TV Today
  13. Defending Privacy Doesn’t Pay: Federal Court Issues Ruling in Voltage – TekSavvy Costs
  14. When is a Copy not a Copy?: Technological Neutrality at Stake at the Supreme Court of Canada
  15. When the Walls Come Crumbling Down: The CRTC’s Latest TalkTV Decision
  16. Why The Anti-Terrorism Bill is Really an Anti-Privacy Bill: Bill C-51’s Evisceration of Privacy Protection
  17. Fixing the Digital Privacy Act: My Bill S-4 Appearance Before the Industry Committee
  18. Behind the Scenes of Ontario’s Campaign for a Netflix Tax
  19. Behind the Scenes of Ontario’s Campaign for a Netflix Tax
  20. Raising the Broadcast White Flag: What Lies Behind Bell’s Radical Plan to Raise TV Fees, Block Content, Violate Net Neutrality & Fight Netflix
  21. Misuse of Canada’s Copyright Notice System Continues: U.S. Firm Sending Thousands of Notices With Settlement Demands
  22. Why Watching the Watchers Isn’t Enough: My Talk on Privacy, Snowden & Bill C-51
  23. Don’t Go Changing: The Canadian Broadcaster Fight Against Legal and Regulatory Reform
  24. Secret Memo Reveals RCMP Records on Requests for Subscriber Data “Inaccurate and Incomplete”
  25. RCMP Records on Requests for Subscriber Data “Inaccurate and Incomplete”

February 2015

  1. Rogers Executive Calls on Canadian Government to Shut Down VPNs
  2. Be Careful What You Wish For: Bell Launches Legal Challenge Against CRTC Net Neutrality Decision
  3. Why the Demise of the Sun News Network May Be a Preview of Things to Come
  4. Why the Demise of Sun News Network May Be a Preview of Things to Come
  5. Citizen Four and the Canadian Surveillance Story
  6. “Total Information Awareness”: The Disastrous Privacy Consequences of Bill C-51
  7. Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Marketing Association Take Aim At Digital Privacy Act’s Consent Provision
  8. Why Bell’s Targeted Ad Approach Falls Short on Privacy
  9. Why Bell’s Targeted Ad Approach Falls Short on Privacy
  10. Why the Copyright Board of Canada Needs a Leafs-Style Tear-Down
  11. The Nine Year Wait For Government Urgency on Privacy Reform
  12. Why Better Oversight Won’t Fix Internet Surveillance and the New Anti-Terrorism Bill
  13. CIRA Launches New Round of Funding For Community Investment Program
  14. CRTC Says No To Internet Fast and Slow Lanes
  15. In Defence of the CRTC’s Super Bowl Advertising Ruling
  16. Reports Indicate Canada Has Caved on Copyright Term Extension in TPP Talks
  17. The Canadian Privacy and Civil Liberties Punch in the Gut (or Why CSE/CSIS Oversight is Not Enough)
  18. CRTC Rejects Bell Request for Private Meeting On Super Bowl Simsub Decision

January 2015

  1. Government’s Cloud Computing Strategy Focused on Keeping Data in Canada
  2. “No Fast Lanes and Slow Lanes”: CRTC Rules Bell’s Mobile TV Service Violates Telecommunications Act
  3. Is the Digital Taxman Headed to Canada?
  4. Is the Digital Taxman Headed to Canada?
  5. Stream On?: How Canadian Law Views Online Streaming Video
  6. How Canadian Law Views Online Streaming Video
  7. Videotron’s Odd Copyright Notices: No User Rights and Inaccurate Privacy Information
  8. Canada’s Copyright Notice Fiasco: Why Industry Minister James Moore Bears Some Responsibility
  9. Canadians Facing Barrage of Misleading Copyright Demand Notices Due Loophole in New Law
  10. Canadian ISPs Responding to Copyright Notices By Adding Information on Notice System, Privacy Concerns
  11. Rightscorp and BMG Exploiting Copyright Notice-and-Notice System: Citing False Legal Information in Payment Demands
  12. Glass Houses and Throwing Stones: Why a Canadian Anti-Piracy Firm May Need to Send Itself Copyright Infringement Notices
  13. New Year Offers Chance to Hit Reset Button on Digital Policies
  14. New Year Offers Chance to Hit Reset Button on Digital Policies

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December 2014

  1. The Letters of the Law: 2014 in Tech Law and Policy
  2. The Letters of the Law: 2014 in Tech Law and Policy
  3. Notice the Difference? New Canadian Internet Copyright Rules for ISPs Set to Launch
  4. Notice the Difference? New Canadian Internet Copyright Rules Set to Launch
  5. Government Documents Reveal Canadian Telcos Envision Surveillance-Ready Networks
  6. Government Documents Reveal Canadian Telcos Envision Surveillance-Ready Networks
  7. Supreme Court’s Privacy Streak Comes To End: Split Court Affirms Legality of Warrantless Phone Searches Incident to Arrest
  8. Too Little, Too Late?: Access Copyright Finally Acknowledges the Reduced Value of Its Licence
  9. Why Canada’s Communication Policy Misses the Forest for the Trees
  10. Why Canada’s Communication Policy Misses the Forest for the Trees
  11. Canada – European Union Data Sharing Agreement Sent to EU Court of Justice for Review
  12. What Open Government Hides
  13. What Open Government Hides

November 2014

  1. The Price of Admission to the TPP Talks Revealed: U.S. Demanded Canada Pass Anti-Counterfeiting Legislation
  2. Carol Todd on Bill C-13: “What Happened to Democracy?”
  3. Why Uber Has a Canadian Privacy Problem
  4. Why Uber Has a Canadian Privacy Problem
  5. The Spencer Effect: No More Warrantless Access to Subscriber Info With Five Minutes of Police Work
  6. Choosing Between Privacy and Cyberbullying: My Appearance on Bill C-13 Before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
  7. The Importance of Online Anonymity
  8. Why Does the Ontario Provincial Police Still Not Know What is in the Lawful Access Bill?
  9. Competition Matters: New Study Supports Government Policy Focused on Fourth Wireless Player
  10. Net Neutrality and Netflix Taxes: The Tension Between Government and Regulatory Agencies on Digital Policy
  11. Competition Matters: New Study Supports Government Policy Focused on Fourth Wireless Player
  12. Ontario Provincial Police Recommend Ending Anonymity on the Internet
  13. The CCTS Report on Wireless Code Violations: When Is Data on a Data Stick an “Add On”?
  14. Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs: Michael Geist “The Internet: Do We Really Have no Privacy and Should We Just Get Over it?”
  15. Why the Digital Privacy Act Will Expand Personal Information Disclosure Without Court Oversight
  16. Warrantless Access to Subscriber Information: Has the Tide Turned on Canada’s Privacy Embarrassment?
  17. Warrantless Access to Subscriber Information: Has the Tide Turned On Canada’s Privacy Embarrassment?

October 2014

  1. Canada’s New “Anti-Terrorism” Bill: Responding to the Courts, Not the Attacks
  2. Responding to the Attacks: Why We Need to Resist Quick-Fix Anti-Terrorism Measures
  3. Responding to the Attacks: Why We Need to Resist Quick-Fix Anti-Terrorism Measures
  4. ITWC: Michael Geist – Technicity Interview
  5. About That Copyright Exception for Political Advertising. . .Never Mind
  6. The Expansion of Personal Information Disclosure Without Consent: Unpacking the Government’s Weak Response to Digital Privacy Act Concerns
  7. How Corporate Canada Rejected the Canadian Government’s Plan to Combat Patent Trolls
  8. How Canadian Business Chilled Patent Troll Reforms
  9. New TPP Leak: Canada Emerges as Leading Opponent of U.S. Intellectual Property Demands
  10. Government Opens Door to Major Changes to Digital Privacy Bill
  11. Broadcaster Copyright Misuse and Collusion?: Why Criticism Over the Government’s Political Ad Copyright Exception May Be Pointed in the Wrong Direction
  12. Political Attack Ads May Be Noxious, but Copyright Isn’t the Right Tool to Stop Them
  13. The Government’s Political Advertising Copyright Exception: Fine Print Shows Proposal Privileges Politicians’ Speech Rights Over the Public
  14. Why Isn’t Fair Dealing Enough?: Government Considering Copyright Exception to Cover Political Advertising
  15. It’s Time to Be Honest: Netflix Will Not Mean the End of Canadian Television
  16. The Canadian Wireless Market and the Big 3: It’s Always Been a Matter of Trust
  17. The Canadian Wireless Market and the Big 3: It’s Always Been a Matter of Trust
  18. Government Goes for the “Head in the Sand” Approach on Voluntary Warrantless Disclosures

September 2014

  1. The CRTC’s Right to Forget: Regulator to Ignore Netflix and Google TalkTV Submissions
  2. CRTC vs. Netflix: Has Canada’s Broadcast Regulator Started a Fight It Can’t Win?
  3. CRTC vs. Netflix: Has Canada’s Broadcast Regulator Started a Fight It Can’t Win
  4. Not Just Netflix: Google Challenges the CRTC’s Power to Regulate Online Video
  5. Does the CRTC Have the Power Regulate Online Video?: Internet Companies Set to Challenge Its Authority
  6. CIRA Election 2014: Time To Vote
  7. The CRTC – Netflix Battle: Could It Lead to a Challenge of the CRTC’s Right to Regulate Online Video?
  8. An Inconsistent Mess: Government Documents Reveal Ineffective and Inconsistent Policies Amid Widespread Demands for Subscriber Information
  9. Warrantless Subscriber Disclosures and the CBSA: Digging into the Details
  10. The CRTC TalkTV Hearing: The Gap Between Can’t and Won’t
  11. The CRTC’s Future of Television Hearing Turns Into The Netflix Show
  12. The CRTC’s Future of Television Hearing Turns Into The Netflix Show
  13. Ontario Not Alone in Seeking Netflix Regulation: CBC, Government of Quebec, and Cultural Groups Making Similar Demands
  14. Ontario Government Soft Pedals Netflix & Google Regulation, But Record Speaks For Itself
  15. Ontario Government Asks the CRTC To Impose New Regulations and Fees on Internet Giants Such as Netflix and Google
  16. The CRTC’s Future of TV Hearing: “There is No Such Thing as Too Much Choice”
  17. “There is No Such Thing as Too Much Choice”
  18. Why U.S. Pressure Is Behind the Stalled Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
  19. Why U.S. Pressure Is Behind the Stalled Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Bill

August 2014

  1. BC Court Rules on Signing Away Your Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
  2. What’s a ‘Reasonable Expectation’ of Privacy?
  3. How Canada Shaped the Copyright Rules in the EU Trade Deal
  4. How Canada Shaped the Copyright Rules in the EU Trade Deal
  5. Government Control Over Internet Governance: Proposal Would Give the GAC Increased Power over ICANN Board Decisions
  6. From Cell Towers to Credit Card Data: Telecom Privacy Case Reveals Scope of Police Demands for Subscriber Information
  7. Does Anyone Own a Country’s Domain Name?
  8. Does Anyone Own a Country’s Domain Name?
  9. The Ghost of iCraveTV?: The CRTC Asks Bell For Answers About Its Mobile TV Service in Net Neutrality Case
  10. Did Canada Cave on the Pharmaceutical Patent ISDS Issue in CETA?: Still No Text, But Official Comments Suggests It Did
  11. How a 20 Year Old Patent Application Could Up-End Canada’s Biggest Trade Deal
  12. How a 20 Year Old Patent Application Could Up-End Canada’s Biggest Trade Deal
  13. CRTC Finds Rogers Engaged in Unjust Discrimination With Its Domestic Roaming Agreements

July 2014

  1. The Battle Over Tariff 8, Part 2: The Recording Industry’s Surprising Opposition to Songwriter, Composer and Music Publisher Streaming Royalties
  2. The Battle Over Tariff 8: What the Recording Industry Isn’t Saying About Canada’s Internet Streaming Royalties
  3. What the Recording Industry Isn’t Saying About Canada’s Internet Streaming Royalties
  4. Crumbling CETA?: The Investor-State Dispute Settlement Rules Threaten to Take Down the Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  5. UK ISPs and Rights Holders Agree on Voluntary Notice-and-Notice Style Copyright System
  6. ITWC: Michael Geist on Privacy Reforms
  7. Why Has Bell Remained Silent on Its Subscriber Information Disclosure Practices?
  8. OECD Releases New Broadband Data: Canada Ranks in Bottom Third on Mobile Broadband Subscriptions
  9. Welcome to the Hotel California: ISPs Who Won’t Take No For An Answer
  10. Come Back With a Warrant: How Will the Canadian Government Respond to the Supreme Court’s Reshaping of Privacy Law?
  11. Come Back With a Warrant: How Will the Government Respond to the Supreme Court’s Reshaping of Privacy Law?
  12. Notice the Difference: Canada’s Internet Provider Notice-and-Notice Rules and the TPP
  13. Rogers Releases New Policy on Disclosing Subscriber Information: Come Back with a Warrant
  14. The Future of Television Review is the CRTC’s Make or Break Moment
  15. The Future of Television Review is the CRTC’s Make or Break Moment
  16. CRTC Report Confirms Yet Again: Canadian Wireless Prices Among Most Expensive in G7
  17. Canadians That Access U.S. Netflix May Be in a Legal Grey Zone, But They Are Not Stealing
  18. In Defence of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law, Part Two: Why the Legislation Is Really a Consumer Protection and Privacy Law in Disguise
  19. In Defence of Canada’s Anti-Spam Law, Part One: Why Spam is Still a Problem and the New Law Will Help
  20. Why the Latest Canadian Wireless Policy Move is More Shakeup Than Shakedown
  21. Why The Secrecy on the TPP Talks in Ottawa This Week? Because There is Something to Hide
  22. Why the Secrecy on Canada’s TPP Talks? Because There is Something to Hide
  23. Enforcing CASL: How To Report Spam Violations
  24. The Benefits of Consent
  25. Welcome to the New MichaelGeist.ca

June 2014

  1. Keep Calm and Get Consent: Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Takes Effect This Week
  2. Keep Calm and Get Consent: Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Takes Effect This Week
  3. Should Canadian Courts Decide What the World Gets to See Online?
  4. Should Canadian Courts Decide What the World Gets to See Online
  5. The Canadian Anti-Spam Law Panic: Same As It Ever Was
  6. Say Anything: The Government’s Response to its Disintegrating “Privacy” Reform Strategy
  7. Why Has Canada Still Not Signed the WIPO Copyright to Support the Blind?
  8. Why Has Canada Still Not Signed the Copyright Treaty to Support the Blind?
  9. Canadian Copyright Notice-and-Notice System to Take Effect in 2015
  10. Government Rejects Supreme Court Privacy Decision: Claims Ruling Has No Effect on Privacy Reform
  11. Global Deletion Orders? B.C. Court Orders Google To Remove Websites From its Worldwide Index
  12. The Supreme Court Eviscerates Voluntary Disclosure, Part 2: What Comes Next for C-13 and S-4?
  13. The Supreme Court Eviscerates Voluntary Disclosure, Part 1: Comparing Spencer With the Govt’s Claims
  14. Supreme Court Delivers Huge Victory for Internet Privacy & Blows Away Government Plans for Reform
  15. Interview Discussing Spencer Ruling: No More Voluntary Disclosure
  16. Blown Chances, Bogus Claims & Blatant Hypocrisy: Why Yesterday Was a Disastrous Day for Canadian Privacy
  17. The Fear-Free Guide to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation: Answers to Ten Common Questions
  18. Proposed Data Breach Disclosure Rules Leave Too Many Canadians in the Dark
  19. Proposed Data Breach Disclosure Rules Leave Too Many Canadians in the Dark
  20. Rogers’ Shocking Admission: It Does Not Track Disclosures of Subscriber Information to Authorities
  21. Diving Into the Digital Privacy Act: My Appearance Before Senate Transport & Comm Committee on S-4
  22. CBC’s The Current on Canadian Privacy and the New Privacy Commissioner
  23. Why Has the Canadian Government Given Up on Protecting Our Privacy?
  24. Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime Confirms Victims Split on Bill C-13
  25. Government Rejected Its Own Committee’s Preferred Candidate for Privacy Commissioner
  26. Podcast Discussing Net Neutrality When ISPs Prioritize Certain Content
  27. Why Has the Canadian Government Given Up on Protecting Our Privacy?
  28. Podcast Discussing Cyberbullying Legislation (Bill C-13)

May 2014

  1. What if the Government Passed Lawful Access Without Hearing from Any Privacy Commissioners?
  2. From Coding Kids to Internet Exchanges: CIRA Community Investment Program’s First Round Recipients
  3. The Trouble With Bill C-13: My Appearance before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
  4. What if the CBC Really Put Everything Up for Review?
  5. Canadian Bar Association Releases Recommended Reforms For Bill C-13
  6. What if the CBC Really Put Everything Up for Review?
  7. In Defence of the Government Tracking Social Media Activity
  8. Canada Ratifies WIPO Internet Treaties
  9. From Toews to Todd: The Unravelling of the Government’s Lawful Access Sales Strategy
  10. Girl Geeks Toronto: Who’s Watching Whom? Michael Geist Examines Internet Privacy & Surveillance
  11. Who’s Watching Whom: An Examination of Canadian Privacy and Surveillance
  12. The Copyright Board of Canada Music Streaming Decision: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  13. European ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Ruling Fails to Strike Free Speech – Privacy Balance
  14. The Right to be Forgotten Ruling Fails To Strike Speech – Privacy Balance
  15. Competition Bureau Recommends New Regulations To Address Wireless Competition Concerns
  16. Has Canada Caved on Copyright Term Extension in the TPP?
  17. Why the Canadian Government Should Maintain Its Position on CETA and the ISDS Provision
  18. Copyright Board Indicates It Will Not Include Mandatory Delete Rule in Tariff
  19. Netflix Speed Rankings Raise Rogers Internet Traffic Management Questions: What Did It Know & When
  20. How Canada Avoided the Latest Great Net Neutrality Battle
  21. Appointment of New Copyright Board of Canada Chair Offers Chance for Change
  22. Why Public Safety Minister Blaney Gets It Wrong on Privacy and Warrantless Disclosures
  23. Why Isn’t the Government Backing the CRTC on the Wireless Code? [Update: They Are Now]
  24. Five Measures to Help Counter the Tidal Wave of Secret Telecom Disclosures
  25. Five Measures to Help Counter the Tidal Wave of Secret Telecom Disclosures
  26. Apple Canada Was Only Tech Company to Respond to Privacy Commish Request on Disclosure Practices
  27. Podcast Discussing Net Neutrality
  28. Bill C-13: Podcast on Cyber-Bullying and Internet Surveillance Legislation
  29. Why Have Canada’s Telcos Failed to Notify Subscribers About Disclosing Their Information?
  30. Canadian Lobbying Disclosure Podcast
  31. Is a Canadian Telco Allowing the Government To Mirror Its Subscriber Communications?

April 2014

  1. Canadian Telcos Asked to Disclose Subscriber Data Every 27 Seconds
  2. Is the CRTC Ready to Hit the Reset Button on Television Regulation in Canada?
  3. Is the CRTC Ready to Hit the Reset Button on Television Regulation in Canada?
  4. Different Regulations, Different Regulators: Behind Canada’s Net Neutrality Advantage
  5. Government Buries Massive Trademark Overhaul in Budget Implementation Bill
  6. Government Buries Massive Trademark Overhaul in Budget Implementation Bill
  7. Why the Government’s New Digital Privacy Act Puts Your Privacy at Risk
  8. Access Copyright Urges Copyright Board to Ignore Bill C-11’s Expansion of Fair Dealing
  9. Access Copyright Urges Copyright Board to Ignore Supreme Court Ruling on Fair Dealing
  10. The Expansion of Warrantless Disclosure Under S-4: Government’s Response Fails to Reassure
  11. Why the Digital Privacy Act Undermines Our Privacy: Bill S-4 Risks Widespread Warrantless Disclosure
  12. Digital Canada 150: Why the Canadian Strategy Misses Key Issues and Lags Behind Peer Countries
  13. Digital Canada 150: Why Canada’s Universal Broadband Goal is Among the Least Ambitious in the OECD
  14. Digital Canada 150: The Digital Strategy Without a Strategy
  15. Digital Canada 150: The Digital Strategy Without a Strategy
  16. Who Owns Our Secrets: A Panel Discussion
  17. U.S. Calls Out Canadian Data Protection as a Trade Barrier
  18. How Telcos and ISPs Hand Over Subscriber Data Thousands of Times Each Year Without a Warrant
  19. How Telcos and ISPs Hand Over Subscriber Data Thousands of Times Each Year Without a Warrant

March 2014

  1. Who Needs Lawful Access?: Cdn Telcos Hand Over Data on Thousands of Subscribers Without a Warrant
  2. Government of Quebec Loses Domain Name Dispute Over Quebec.com
  3. Why the U.S. Government Isn’t Really Relinquishing its Power over Internet Governance
  4. Why the U.S. Government Isn’t Really Relinquishing its Power over Internet Governance
  5. The Web We Want: Could Canada Lead on a Digital Bill of Rights?
  6. The Web We Want: Could Canada Lead on a Digital Bill of Rights?
  7. Why Are Canadian Wireless Carriers Increasing Prices? Because They Can
  8. Canadian Authors & Publishers: We Demand Education Talk To Us As Long As It Leads to New Payments
  9. If U.S. Cloud Computing Isn’t Good Enough for the Canadian Government, Why Should It Be for You?
  10. If U.S. Cloud Computing Isn’t Good Enough for the Canadian Government, Why Should It Be for You?
  11. Canada – South Korea Trade Agreement Demonstrates Deals Possible Without Increasing IP Protections
  12. Will the Canada – South Korea Trade Agreement Include Copyright Term Extension?
  13. Podcast on the Voltage Decision
  14. Industry Canada Says “Modernizing Privacy Regime” Planned for 2014-15
  15. Moving Targets: CRTC Sets Universal Broadband Access Target By Year End But Govt Plan Is For 2019
  16. The CRTC’s Future of Television Consultation: The Missing Provocative Questions
  17. The Future of Television Consultation Omits the Big Question: Do We Still Need the CRTC?
  18. Copyright Users’ Rights in Canada Hits Ten: The Tenth Anniversary of the CCH Decision

February 2014

  1. Why The Surprise?: The Longstanding Application of Quebec’s Language Laws to the Internet
  2. Copyright Board of Canada on Copying a Few Pages: It’s Insubstantial and Not Compensable
  3. Why Copyright Trolling in Canada Doesn’t Pay: Assessing the Fallout From the Voltage – TekSavvy Case
  4. Canadian Court Ruling in Teksavvy File Sharing Case a Blow to Copyright Trolls
  5. Downloading Decision: Federal Court Establishes New Safeguards on Disclosures in File Sharing Suits
  6. Downloading Decision: Federal Court Establishes New Safeguards on Disclosures in File Sharing Suits
  7. It Only Takes One: Will the Spectrum Auction Lead to a New National Wireless Carrier?
  8. CRTC Launches Lopsided Talk TV Consult: Raises Prospect of Net Regulation & Net Neutrality Violation
  9. CBC’s All In the Day: Should Netflix be Regulated?
  10. Canadian Digital Strategy Takes Shape With 2014 Budget
  11. Canadian Media Production and Music Groups Calls for New Rules for Netflix, Google, ISPs
  12. Canadian Media Production and Music Groups Calls for New Rules for Netflix, Google
  13. It’s (Almost) Here: Why the Canadian Digital Strategy Takes Shape With Budget 2014
  14. Bill Good Interview on the Regulation of Internet Broadcasting
  15. The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Internet Surveillance: What Canadians Can Do
  16. Leaked Conservative Election Document Reveals How Social Media Activity Linked to Party Database
  17. Canadian Government To Commit More Money Toward Rural Broadband Initiatives
  18. Competition Bureau Raises Concerns Over Canadian Wireless Market
  19. Competition Bureau Raises Concerns Over Canadian Wireless Market
  20. Panel Discussion: The Internet, Free Trade, and Transparency: An International Perspective
  21. Who Gets a Large Share of Access Copyright Education Licensing Revenues?: US Publishers Say They Do
  22. CIRA Commits One Million Dollars to Improving Canada’s Internet
  23. Against Oversight: Why Fixing the Oversight of Canadian Surveillance Won’t Solve the Problem
  24. Rod Breakenridge Interview Discussing the Impact of CSEC Collecting Metadata

January 2014

  1. Competition Bureau Raises Wireless Competition Concerns, Concludes Big Three Have “Market Power”
  2. The Destruction of the Department of Fisheries Libraries
  3. Why Canada’s Telecom Companies Should Come Clean About Customer Information
  4. Another Step Toward the TPP: Canada Moves to Ratify Five Intellectual Property Treaties
  5. Why Canada’s Telecom Companies Should Come Clean About Customer Information
  6. The CRTC’s Simultaneous Substitution Problem
  7. Rogers’ Changing Tune on Fully Opening Canadian Wireless to Foreign Investment
  8. Interview on the Music Industry Going After Google
  9. Here We Go Again: Canadian Recording Industry Calls on Government To Regulate the Internet
  10. Canadian Regulators Place Google’s Business Model Under Microscope
  11. Canadian Regulators Place Google’s Business Model Under Microscope
  12. The Shameful Canadian Silence on Surveillance
  13. Why the Justice Ministers’ Report Fails To Make the Case for Bill C-13’s Lawful Access Provisions
  14. ISPs Push For Two-Tier Internet Based on Data Caps
  15. ISPs Push For Two-Tier Internet Based on Data Caps
  16. Time for a New Plan: With Government’s Wireless Strategy in Tatters, Regulation May Be Only Option
  17. Is C-13 Needed?: How Canadian Law Already Features Extensive Rules to Combat Cyberbullying
  18. The Trouble With Bill C-13: Why the “Cyberbullying Bill” is About Much More than Cyberbullying
  19. European Report Says Canadian Privacy Law Should Be Re-Examined Due to Surveillance Activities
  20. Why CSEC and CSIS Should the Subject of an Independent Investigation
  21. Why CSEC and CSIS Should Be Subject of an Independent Investigation
  22. Technology and the Law in 2014: 14 Questions in Need of Answers
  23. Technology and the Law in 2014: 14 Questions in Need of Answers

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December 2013

  1. The Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law and Policy
  2. The Letters of the Law: The Year in Tech Law and Policy
  3. Afrinnovation: Taking User Rights Seriously – Michael Geist
  4. Supreme Court of Canada Emphasizes Balance in Determining Copyright Scope of Protection
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  6. Copyright Collectives Gone Mad: How the ERCC Spent Dollars to Earn Pennies
  7. Govt Promises Domestic Wireless Roaming Regulation: Can Wholesale Price Regulation Be Far Behind?
  8. Podcast on the Fight for Digital Rights
  9. The Case For Cancelling Canada’s Simultaneous Substitution Rules
  10. The Case For Cancelling Canada’s Simultaneous Substitution Rules
  11. What Will Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Mean for Users and Businesses?
  12. What Will Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Mean for Users?
  13. Parkland Institute: Closing Keynote – Inside the Fight for Digital Rights in Canada – Michael Geist
  14. Proposed U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pledges More Pressure on Intellectual Property
  15. Taking User Rights Seriously: Two Weeks That Changed Canadian Copyright Law
  16. Toronto and UWO Confirm the Obvious: Access Copyright Licence Provides Little Value for Education
  17. The Privacy Threats in Bill C-13, Part Two: The Low Threshold for Metadata
  18. The Trans Pacific Partnership and the Fight Over a Cultural Exception
  19. The TPP and Privacy: What Are the Implications of the E-commerce Chapter?
  20. The U.S. Stands Alone: How the U.S. Is Increasingly Isolated on Intellectual Property Policy
  21. Canada Opposed To U.S. Positions On Dozens of Trans Pacific Partnership Issues
  22. Competition Bureau of Canada Investigating ICANN and New gTLDs
  23. Senate Heading Toward Investigation Into Bell’s Privacy Practices
  24. Liberals Demand More Draconian IP Provisions: Propose Adding New Statutory Damages to Bill C-8
  25. Government Finalizes Anti-Spam Legislation After Years of Delay
  26. Liberals Propose Increased Border Searches By Eliminating Anti-Counterfeiting Personal Exception
  27. The Federal Government’s Complete E-Government Failure
  28. The Federal Government’s Complete E-Government Failure
  29. Clement Confirms Canadian Non-Commercial Crown Copyright Licence Still Available
  30. Justice Parliamentary Secretary Links Cable Theft to Terrorist Plots, Cyberbullying
  31. MacKay Still Providing Inaccurate Information on Bill C-13’s Voluntary Disclosure Provision

November 2013

  1. Snowden Documents Show U.S. Spy Operation at G20 in Toronto
  2. NDP Calls on Government To Split C-13 While Stoddart Surprisingly Supports Approach
  3. Government Names Bernier Interim Privacy Commissioner
  4. Why Peter MacKay Is Wrong About Warrantless Access to Personal Information
  5. Lawful Access Returns Under the Cover of Cyber-Bullying Bill
  6. Lawful Access Returns Under the Cover of Cyberbullying Bill
  7. Federal Ct Takes CSIS To Task In Case Involving CSEC Requests for Foreign Agency Spying on Canadians
  8. Bell Faces CRTC Net Neutrality Complaint
  9. The Privacy Threats in Bill C-13, Part One: Immunity for Personal Info Disclosures Without a Warrant
  10. Government of Canada Quietly Changes Its Approach to Crown Copyright
  11. Inside the Fight for Digital Rights in Canada
  12. Lawful Access is Back: Controversial Bill Returns Under the Guise of Cyber-Bullying Legislation
  13. The TPP IP Chapter Leaks: U.S. Wants New Regulations for Country-Code Domain Names
  14. Leaked TPP Text Confirms Countries Had Plenty to Hide
  15. Leaked TPP Text Confirms Countries Had Plenty to Hide
  16. The Trans Pacific Partnership IP Chapter Leaks: Canada Would Face Copyright Term Extension
  17. The TPP IP Chapter Leaks: TPP and CETA May Conflict on Geographical Indications
  18. The TPP IP Chapter Leaks: U.S. Demanding Overhaul of Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
  19. Canadian Anti-Spam Regulations Coming Within the Next Few Weeks
  20. The Trans Pacific Partnership IP Chapter Leaks: The Battle Over Internet Service Provider Liability
  21. The Trans Pacific Partnership IP Chapter Leaks: Canada Pushing Back Against Draconian U.S. Demands
  22. New Risks Emerge as Anti-Counterfeiting Bill Placed on the Legislative Fast Track
  23. New Risks Emerge as Anti-Counterfeiting Bill Placed on the Legislative Fast Track
  24. Considering C-8: My Appearance Before the Industry Committee on the Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
  25. NGN Drops File Sharing Lawsuit Involving Distributel Subscribers
  26. Statscan Data Points to Canada’s Growing Digital Divide
  27. Statscan Data Points to Canada’s Growing Digital Divide
  28. CRTC Launches Wireless Roaming Fee Task Force
  29. Federal Court Orders Bell to Pay $20,000 in Damages Over Privacy Violation

October 2013

  1. Fake Feta: Digging into the Intellectual Property Details of the Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  2. Is Bell’s Plan to Monitor and Profile Canadians Legal?
  3. Is Bell’s Plan to Monitor and Profile Canadians Legal?
  4. The Copyright Pentalogy Book: An Open Access Success Story
  5. Canada May Be Nearing the Open Access “Tipping Point”
  6. Canada May Be Nearing the Open Access “Tipping Point”
  7. BCCLA Files Lawsuit Over CSEC Surveillance
  8. Bell Claims Users Want to Be Monitored, Profiled and Tracked
  9. John Oakley Interview Discussing Bell Mining User Data
  10. The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab Continues: Bell Expands Its Consumer Monitoring and Profiling
  11. EU Assures that CETA Does Not Contain ACTA Copyright Rules
  12. CETA Reached “In Principle”, Part Four: Pharma Gets Patent Extension Despite Declining R&D in Canada
  13. CETA Reached “In Principle”, Part Three: Meaningless Claims on Telecom & E-commerce
  14. Canada – EU Trade Agreement Reached “In Principle”, Part Two: The Intellectual Property Provisions
  15. Canada – EU Trade Agreement Reached “In Principle”, Part One: Now Release the Text
  16. Canadian Government Unveils Its Celebrations-First Agenda
  17. The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab
  18. The Great Canadian Personal Data Grab
  19. Podcast on Internet Privacy
  20. CBC’s On the Coast: Cable Bundling
  21. Government to Mandate “Pick-and-Pay” Pricing Option for Television Services
  22. Government Launches Consultation on Rules for ISP Notice-and-Notice System Amid Shift in Priorities
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  25. Who Is Watching the Watchers?: A Panel on Canadian Privacy and Surveillance
  26. Canadian Government Quietly Pursuing New ISP Code of Conduct
  27. Canadian Government Quietly Pursuing New ISP Code of Conduct
  28. Public Safety Foreshadowed Rejection of MTS Allstream-Accelero With 2011 Foreign Investment Concerns
  29. The Untold Story Behind the LAC-Canadiana Digitization Plan
  30. The Untold Story Behind the LAC-Canadiana Digitization Plan

September 2013

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  4. Privacy Commissioners Struggle to Confront Surveillance Issues at Annual Conference
  5. How Canada Can Put Digital Consumers First
  6. How the Government Can Put Digital Consumers First
  7. Back to the Drawing Board: What Wireless Policies Might the Government Now “Aggressively Pursue”?
  8. Rogers Tries to Distance Itself From Spectrum Battle But It Can’t Run From its Record
  9. Interview Discussing Netflix’s Role in the Future of Broadcasting
  10. The Issue with CSEC Handing over encryption codes to the NSA
  11. Canada Complicit in Undermining Internet Privacy
  12. Canada Complicit in Undermining Internet Privacy
  13. UBC Sets the Record Straight on University Spending on Copyright Materials
  14. Decoding the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Free Speech Implications
  15. Canada Facilitated NSA’s Effort To Weaken Encryption Standards
  16. A Festivus Miracle: Industry Minister James Moore Hosts Roundtable on Anti-Spam Law
  17. Regulated Wireless Roaming Fees May Be on the Way
  18. Regulated Wireless Roaming Fees May be on the Way
  19. Canadian Universities Navigate Learning Curve for New Copyright Rules
  20. Canadian Universities Navigate Learning Curve for New Copyright Rules
  21. fdpolicycoursepacks
  22. fdpolicylms
  23. fdpolicyresearchteaching
  24. FDpolicygeneral
  25. The Copyright Pentalogy Conference – Free Registration Now Open
  26. Verizon Says No To Canada: What Comes Next

August 2013

  1. The Telecom Union Rally Against Competition
  2. Bell Media President Directed CTV, Radio Stations To Provide Favourable Wireless Coverage
  3. Time for Canadian Privacy Regulators to Take Action on Pervasive Surveillance
  4. Time for Canadian Privacy Regulators to Take Action on Pervasive Surveillance
  5. Lawful Access Back on the Agenda in the Fall?
  6. CSEC Commissioner: Canadians May Have Been Illegally Targeted in Surveillance Activities
  7. Does it Matter Where Your Data Lives?
  8. Does it Matter Where Your Data Lives?
  9. CRTC Ruling a Small Step Toward Broadcast Overhaul
  10. CRTC Ruling a Small Step Toward Broadcast Overhaul
  11. James Moore on Wireless Lobbying: Canadians Know Dishonest Attempts to Skew Debates
  12. The Verizon Privacy Risk: Are Canadian Carriers A More Privacy-Friendly Choice?
  13. Harper Stands Firm on Telecom Policy
  14. Why Verizon’s Entry to Canada Would Reduce Consumer Wireless Prices
  15. U.S. Copyright Lobby Takes Aim at Canadian Copyright Term Through Trans-Pacific Partnership
  16. Getting Signals Straight in the Great Wireless War of 2013
  17. Getting Signals Straight in the Great Wireless War
  18. Secret Surveillance Puts Internet Governance System at Risk
  19. Save the Date: The Canadian Copyright Pentalogy Conference on October 4, 2013
  20. Secret Surveillance Puts Internet Governance System at Risk
  21. Industry Minister James Moore’s Commitment to Wireless Competition, Resolution Style

July 2013

  1. Telus Flip-Flopping Continues With Latest Lawsuit as Company Changes Its Tune Yet Again
  2. Why the Canadian Plan to Encourage Wireless Competition Is Consistent with Many Developed Countries
  3. Canada’s Lawful Access Bill Appears to Have Contained a Provision to Enable PRISM-Style Surveillance
  4. Was Nigel Wright BCE’s Source on Telecom Policy?
  5. A Closer Look at How Bell “Welcomes any Competitor” to the Canadian Wireless Market
  6. Rogers Reveals, Part Two: Broadband Internet Prices to Increase, Unlimited Plans “Short-Sighted”
  7. Rogers Reveals, Part One: Threat of Regulation Driving Down Roaming Costs
  8. How Telus Once Supported a Spectrum Set-Aside To Create Competition and Attract Strong Players
  9. Nowak on the Not-So-Friendly Numbers at Telus
  10. Moore’s Mission: Put the Canadian Digital Economy Back on Track
  11. Moore’s Mission: Put Canada’s Digital Economy Back on Track
  12. Telus Attacks: The Battle To Keep Verizon Out of Canada
  13. Competition Not Contracts: The Real Reason Canadian Wireless Prices Are on the Rise
  14. The “Miracle in Marrakesh” Provides a New Path for Digital Access
  15. The “Miracle in Marrakesh” Provides a New Path for Digital Access
  16. OECD Report: Canada Still Among Ten Most Expensive Countries for Broadband Internet Services
  17. Telus: Canada Should Be the Most Expensive Wireless Country in the OECD
  18. Supreme Court of Canada To Hear Appeal of Warrantless Cellphone Search Case
  19. Japan Considering Copyright Term Extension, Canada Next?
  20. OECD Report Confirms What Canadians Have Long Suspected: Wireless Pricing Among Highest in the World
  21. Verizon Entry to Canada Could Spark Shift Toward Single North American Communications Market
  22. Verizon Entry to Canada Could Spark Shift Toward Single North American Communications Market
  23. Ontario Government Emphasizes User Rights in its Copyright Policy for Education
  24. Government Trumpets Declining Wireless Prices, but Canada Still Middling in Global Comparisons
  25. Canadian Telcos Change Tune Over Implementation of CRTC’s Consumer Wireless Code With Lawsuit Threat
  26. Why a New Approach To Roaming Could Shake Up the Canadian Wireless Landscape
  27. Happy Canada Day: Celebrating Canada’s Digital Policy Success Stories
  28. Celebrating the Canadian Digital Policy Success Stories

June 2013

  1. “The Miracle in Marrakesh”: Agreement Reached on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired
  2. Reddit AMA Asked Me Anything
  3. Verizon on the Horizon: Could the U.S. Giant Shake Up More than Just Canadian Wireless?
  4. Is the Government About to Can Its Own Anti-Spam Law?
  5. Is the Government About to Can Its Own Anti-Spam Law?
  6. Canadian Secrecy on the TPP
  7. SurfEasy: New Advisory Board Position and Reddit AMA
  8. The Motion Picture Association’s Fight Against a Treaty to Support the Visually Impaired
  9. CRTC Expects Carriers Will Implement Two-Year Contracts Before Start of Wireless Code
  10. Secrecy and the Limits of Transparency
  11. The Trouble with the TPP: The Full Transcript
  12. Canadian Government Launches Open Government Licence 2.0
  13. Canadian Government Maps Plan for Future Intellectual Property Reform
  14. Debating Surveillance and the Law in Canada
  15. Canadian Surveillance Laws Can’t Handle Modern Day Snooping Technologies
  16. TVO: Secrecy and the Limits of Transparency
  17. Government Secrecy and the Limits of Transparency
  18. The Trade Agreement That Cried Wolf: The Canada – EU Trade Agreement Timeline
  19. Discussing Who is Watching the Watchers
  20. Canada Moves Forward With WIPO Internet Treaty Ratification But It Likely Won’t Be Final Until 2014
  21. WIPOWPPTMemorandum
  22. WIPOWCTmemorandum
  23. Anti-Counterfeiting ACTA Bill Referred to Industry Committee
  24. Who Is Watching the Watchers?: Ten Questions About Canada’s Secret Metadata Surveillance Activities
  25. Library and Archives Canada Delays Paywall Plans
  26. Will Canada Stand Up for the Rights of the Visually Impaired?
  27. Will Canada Stand Up for the Rights of the Visually Impaired?
  28. University of Toronto, Western Provide Notice to Access Copyright That They Will Not Extend Licence
  29. 20th Century Laws Meet 21st Century Surveillance: Why Metadata Surveillance is a Serious Concern
  30. CBC’S Radio Noon Montreal: Government Surveillance Program Raises Alarms
  31. Report Confirms Canada Has Its Own Phone Meta-Data and Internet Surveillance Program
  32. Why Canadians Should Be Demanding Answers About Secret Surveillance Programs
  33. The Trouble with the Trans Pacific Partnership: My Appearance before the International Trade Committee
  34. The Canadian Wireless Debate is Over: How the Incumbent Carriers Lost the Support of the Government
  35. Discussing the CRTC Consumer Wireless Code on CTV’s Power Play
  36. Government’s Wireless Policy Still Not Connecting as it Kills the Telus – Mobilicity Deal
  37. Can Canada’s Failed Wireless Policy Be Saved?
  38. Can Canada’s Failed Wireless Policy Be Saved?
  39. CRTC Releases New Wireless Code That Should Eliminate Three Year Contracts
  40. Podcast on Intellectual Property

May 2013

  1. Canadian ACTA Compliance Bill Inches Forward
  2. Canada’s Lack of Innovation an Emerging Crisis
  3. Digital Economy Deja Vu: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Tech
  4. The Canadian Link to Copyright Enforcement Spyware Tools
  5. Canada’s Lack of Innovation an Emerging Crisis
  6. The Canadian Government’s Embarrassing Opposition to Security Breach Disclosure Legislation
  7. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Sets Out Targets for PIPEDA Reform
  8. The Copyright Pentalogy: Copyright Collective Management
  9. Canadian Library Association on Access Copyright Lawsuit
  10. Competition Bureau To Investigate Google Canada
  11. Next on the Canadian Copyright Reform Agenda: Clean Up the Mess at the Copyright Board
  12. Time to Clean Up the Mess at the Copyright Board
  13. Why Creators and Consumers Should Welcome the “Netflix Threat”
  14. Why Creators and Consumers Should Welcome the “Netflix Threat”
  15. The Copyright Pentalogy: Technological Neutrality
  16. Canadian Government Establishes Two-Tier Approach for Trade Talks: Insiders and Everyone Else
  17. Canadian Government Establishes Two-Tier Approach for Trade Talks: Insiders and Everyone Else
  18. Industry Minister Paradis on Canadian Wireless Prices: We’re “Middle Average”
  19. The Copyright Pentalogy: Standard of Review and the Courts
  20. The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright

April 2013

  1. Your Information is Not Secure: Thousands of Government Privacy Breaches Point to Need for Reform
  2. Your Information is Not Secure: Thousands of Government Privacy Breaches Point to Need for Reform
  3. Copyright Board of Canada Admits to “Palpable Error” in Music Tariff Decision
  4. Canadian Government Quietly Drops Lawful Access From Its Cyber-Security Strategy
  5. Why Rejecting Mandatory Distribution Fits With the CRTC’s Interpretation of the Broadcasting Act
  6. Ethics Committee Releases Study on Privacy and Social Media
  7. Government Reveals Thousands of Data and Privacy Breaches
  8. The Mandatory Distribution Hearing: The CRTC As Last Hope for Failed Broadcast Business Models
  9. CRTC Should Force Broadcasters To “Compete Just Like Any Other Sector”
  10. Rogers: We Don’t Expect an Industry Canada Decision on Shaw Spectrum Until September 2014
  11. CRTC Should Force Broadcasters To “Compete Just Like Any Other Sector”
  12. Canadian Wireless Association Breakup Points To Industry Divide on Competitiveness
  13. Debate Over Wireless Competition in Canada Continues in the House of Commons and on the Air
  14. Open Media: Why High Cell Phone Bills Have Nothing to do With Canadian Geography
  15. The Challenge of Enforcing the Do-Not-Call List Against Foreign Telemarketers
  16. Spectrum Transfer Policy To Test Government’s Resolve on Wireless Competition
  17. The Canadian Digital Divide: The Experience Just North of Toronto
  18. Government Now Says No Deadline for CETA Completion
  19. Nowak: Debunking Yet Another Set of Wireless Myths
  20. New Wireless Entrants Abandon CWTA Strategy of Delay, Dilute, or Defeat Competitiveness Initiatives
  21. Canada’s Digital Divide Likely to Widen Due to Access and Adoption Failures
  22. Canada’s Digital Divide Likely To Widen Due to Access and Adoption Failures
  23. Access Copyright’s Desperate Declaration of War Against Fair Dealing
  24. Quebec Court Rejects eBay’s Online Contract Opening Door to Local Lawsuit
  25. CWTA Calls on Government to Use Spectrum Auction Proceeds to Pay for Lawful Access
  26. Quebec Court Says No to eBay’s Online Contract
  27. Policy Laundering Lies Behind Ottawa’s Support for IP Treaties

March 2013

  1. Debating the State of Canadian Wireless Competition: The Present Isn’t So Friendly
  2. Industry Committee Report on Intellectual Property: A Case of Policy Laundering for CETA and TPP
  3. Debunking the Wireless Myth Busters, Redux
  4. European Commission Study Finds Online Music Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Sales
  5. Federal Librarians Muzzled Under New Code of Conduct
  6. Cave or Cancel?: The Future (or End) of the Canada – EU Trade Agreement
  7. What’s Really Behind Canada’s Anti-Counterfeiting Bill?
  8. What’s Really Behind Canada’s Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
  9. National Post Appears to Drop Fair Dealing Licensing System
  10. Canipre Admits It’s Behind Voltage-TekSavvy File Sharing Lawsuits With Speculative Invoicing Scheme
  11. Canadian Wireless Reality Check: Why Our Wireless Market is Still Woefully Uncompetitive
  12. Paradis Announces New Spectrum Auction Measures
  13. Forget Fair Dealing: National Post Seeks $150 To License Short Excerpts
  14. NDP Calls It: Bill C-56 is “ACTA Through the Backdoor”
  15. Lights, Camera, Kickstarter: How Internet Crowdfunding Is Changing the Way Movies are Funded
  16. Lights, Camera, Kickstarter: How Internet Crowdfunding Is Changing the Way Movies are Funded
  17. U.S. Seeks to Revive ACTA Without European Support
  18. Here Comes ACTA: Canadian Government Introduces Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Compliance Bill

February 2013

  1. Industry Minister Paradis Makes Foreign Telecom Companies An Offer They Will Likely Refuse
  2. NDP MP Charmaine Borg Tries To Kickstart Canada’s Dormant Privacy Reform
  3. Internet Surveillance Bill is Dead but Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well
  4. Internet Surveillance Bill is Dead but Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well
  5. Will Anyone Blink First? Canada – EU Trade Agreement Appears to Hit a Stalemate
  6. Ontario Court of Appeal Permits Warrantless Search of Cellphone Without Password Protection
  7. Is the Road to Music Success Paved with Spam? Canada’s Music Lobby Apparently Thinks So
  8. One Phone Call is Not Enough: Court Rules You Have the Right to Google a Lawyer
  9. One Phone Call is Not Enough: Court Rules You Have the Right to Google a Lawyer
  10. Businesses Think Anti-Spam Law Should Protect Them, Not Consumers
  11. Businesses Think Anti-Spam Should Protect Them, Not Consumers
  12. Copyright Lobby Groups Want Canada Back on Piracy Watch List
  13. NDP MP Charmaine Borg Raises Concerns Over Watered Down Anti-Spam Regulations
  14. Borgletter
  15. Lawful Access is Dead (For Now): Government Kills Bill C-30
  16. Distributel Fights Back Against Motion to Disclose Subscriber Information in File Sharing Case
  17. distributelmotion
  18. Canadian Chamber of Commerce Attacks Anti-Spam Law: Challenges the Law’s Opt-In Requirement
  19. Canadian Business Groups on Anti-Spam Jurisdiction: It’s a Problem Unless It Involves Our Spyware
  20. Competition Bureau to the CRTC on Wireless Code: Be Bolder
  21. Sony Rootkit Redux: Canadian Business Groups Lobby For Right To Install Spyware on Your Computer
  22. CRTC Should Be Bolder With Wireless Code
  23. CRTC Should Be Bolder With Wireless Code
  24. Does Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Really Discriminate Against Charities and Schools? No.

January 2013

  1. Does Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Really Stop Small Business From Using Email Marketing? No.
  2. New Zealand Tribunal Issues First Graduated Response Decision
  3. Does Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Really Make It Illegal To Promote a Child’s Lemonade Stand? No.
  4. Does Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Really Make It Illegal To Email a Step-Parent or Great Uncle? No.
  5. CRTC Should Put Consumers First and Drop ‘Must Carry’ Requirements
  6. CRTC Should Put Consumers First and Drop ‘Must Carry’ Requirements
  7. European Commission Provides Update on Canada – EU Trade Agreement Agricultural Provisions
  8. Colombian Constitutional Court Strikes Down Copyright Reforms
  9. PIAC Calls For Better Disclosure on Internet Speeds
  10. Complying With Canada’s Anti-Spam Law: Just Ask For Consent
  11. European Reports Indicate Ongoing Battle over CETA IP Provisions
  12. 2013FinalExam
  13. Swartz’s Death Places Spotlight on More Open Access To Information
  14. Swartz’s Death Places Spotlight on More Open Access To Information
  15. American Girl Loses Battle for AmericanGirl.ca Domain
  16. Class 12 – January 18, 2013
  17. Celebrating Internet Freedom Day: When the Internet Met Copyright
  18. Class 11 – January 17, 2013
  19. Class 10 – January 16, 2012
  20. Ontario Court Rejects U.S. Government Demand for Full Access to Megaupload Servers Seized in Canada
  21. Class 9 – January 15, 2013
  22. Ellis: TekSavvy Customers Win Big in Federal Court
  23. Government Caves to Lobbying Pressure on Anti-Spam Legislation
  24. Government Caves to Lobbying Pressure on Anti-Spam Legislation
  25. Class 8 – January 14, 2013
  26. Class 7 – January 11, 2013
  27. Class 6 – January 10, 2013
  28. Class 5 – January 9, 2013
  29. Courts Adopt Aggressive Approach in Cross-Border Internet Jurisdiction Cases
  30. Courts Adopt Aggressive Approach in Cross-Border Internet Jurisdiction Cases
  31. Class 4 – January 8, 2013
  32. Class 3 – January 7, 2013
  33. Canadian Government Unveils Big Loopholes in Anti-Spam Regulations
  34. Class 2 – January 4, 2012
  35. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy
  36. Crystal Ball Gazing at the Year Ahead in Tech Law and Policy
  37. New CIHR Open Access Policy Takes Effect
  38. Ten Canadian Tech Stories That Mattered in 2012
  39. Faulkner, Hesse Lead Public Domain Day 2013

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