Professor Geist’s weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) focuses on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda. It notes that years of international agreements have failed to balance the interests of the developed and developing worlds and have predictably led to annual […]
Archive for January, 2005
Fairness calls for fairer rules
As developing countries seek access to new technologies, they frequently find that global intellectual property law rules represent a significant barrier to development.Years of international agreements have failed to balance the interests of the developed and developing worlds and have led to annual outflows of billions of dollars from the […]
More on a National Digital Library
Professor Geist spoke with Jon Gordon of Future Tense, a daily radio show heard throughout the United States about the prospect for a national digital library for Canada. The conversation focused on the benefits and legal challenges.
Downloading Nation
The Ottawa Citizen re-runs a piece from late last year focusing on the popularity of music downloading. Professor Geist comments on the exaggerated loss claims of the Canadian Recording Industry Association and highlights the benefits of P2P distribution. Professor Geist expanded on the issue in a two-part series in the […]
Debating the Impact of the Englander Decision
IT Business provides good coverage a call-in conference held today on the impact of the Englander PIPEDA decision. Professor Geist, who participated along with Heather Black of the Commissioner’s office and Pat Wilson of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, focused on the issue of deference toward the Commissioner’s findings.
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Service 
New Academic Year Requires New Approach to Combat Campus Antisemitism 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments 
Abandoning Institutional Neutrality: Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreements Constrain Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It
