Archive for February, 2004

Unhappy Gilmore: The Internet’s Six Layers of Liability

Torys Technology Law Tuesday Speaker Series, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Ottawa, ON link

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February 10, 2004 Comments are Disabled Audio

Unhappy Gilmore: The Internet’s Six Layers of Liability

Torys Technology Law Tuesday Speaker Series, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Ottawa, ON link

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February 10, 2004 Comments are Disabled Conferences

The Globe and Mail

Net libel open to higher damages

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February 10, 2004 Comments are Disabled Print

OECD Holds Global Spam Summit

Professor Geist, who served as chair for the legal and regulatory panel at the OECD Spam Summit in Brussels, comments on the major themes of the two-day event in Warren’s Washington Daily. Geist focuses on offline methods of enforcement as a means of stopping spammers. see: Canada Badly Needs National […]

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February 6, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

The Debate Over Privacy Law Continues

In response to my recent Toronto Star column defending PIPEDA, Canada’s privacy law, the paper today features a debate over the arguments presented in that column. Professor Richard Owens argues that PIPEDA "tarnishes lawmaking, impedes business unnecessarily and threatens constitutional disorder", while I continue to defend the privacy statute, maintaining […]

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February 6, 2004 Comments are Disabled News