Professor Geist appeared on Report on Business Television on December 15th to debate with Graham Henderson, president of CRIA, the impact of music downloading on the industry. The discussion focused on the size of the losses and the scope of the private copying levy.
Archive for December, 2004
CIBC Breach Spotlights Jurisdiction Gap in Canadian Privacy Law
Professor Geist’s weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines the emergence of a jurisdictional gap in Canada’s privacy law. According to a recent letter from the Privacy Commissioner, the legislation does not extend to investigating organizations without a physical presence in Canada. […]
CIBC breach spotlights hole in privacy law
Privacy issues have taken centre stage in Canada in recent weeks with the public’s attention focused on the major privacy breach at the CIBC. The CIBC case, involving the unauthorized disclosure of the personal financial information about dozens of bank customers to a scrap yard in the United States, illustrates […]
Canadian Lawyer Finds Information Disclosed By U.S. Authorities
The Edmonton Sun reports that a Canadian lawyer that sued a skinhead for the personal injury of a client had his personal information revealed to the man while he was in a U.S. prison. The skinhead was fighting deportation and was provided with a 1,000 page immigration file that included […]
Satellite Radio and Canadian Cultural Policy
The NY Times runs a story on the entry of satellite radio into the Canadian market and challenges associated with maintaining Canadian cultural policy. Professor Geist comments on the issue.
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Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act 
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