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Berners-Lee on Net Neutrality

Tyler Hamilton of the Toronto Star has an interview with Tim Berners-Lee in which the WWW founder expresses concern about a two-tier Internet.

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March 28, 2006 1 comment News

The Telecom Policy Review: The Rest of the Story

Coverage of the release last week of Canada's telecommunications policy review centered primarily on the call for a new regulatory approach that emphasizes market independence over government interference combined with a slimmed-down CRTC and list of policy priorities. My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, webpage version) focuses on the rest of the story as the report identified a series of important areas – including network neutrality, ubiquitous broadband access, privacy, spam, and consumer protection – that merit government intervention or support.

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March 26, 2006 1 comment Columns

A Q & A With P2PNet

P2PNet has posted a Q & A with me that focuses, not surprisingly, on P2P, music, and copyright law.

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March 24, 2006 1 comment News

Shaw Sued Over Refusal To Carry VoIP Ad

Zingotel, a U.S.-based VoIP provider, has filed suit against Shaw over the cable company's refusal to carry advertising for a competing VoIP service.  Zingotel has reportedly also filed a complaint with the CRTC.

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March 24, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Privacy Commissioner Renews Research Program

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced the renewal of a national privacy research program.  Details on priorities and the program here.

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March 24, 2006 Comments are Disabled News