Archive for August, 2005

Broadcasters Object to Bill C-60

Add another major group to the list of those concerned with Bill C-60, Canada's copyright reform bill.  The Canadian Association of Braodcasters, which represents private television and radio broadcasters, has gone public with its objections to the bill.  They are apparently disappointed that the government did not address the ephemeral […]

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August 19, 2005 6 comments News

Here Comes Lawful Access

Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler spoke to a group of police organizations today and pledged to move forward this fall on the lawful access initiative.  Cotler apparently indicated that there will be a memo to cabinet on the matter in September with legislation likely to quickly follow.  For those who […]

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August 18, 2005 35 comments News

Telecom Policy Review Submissions

The Telecom Policy Review website now features dozens of submissions.  My relatively short submission (relative to the 1000 page, 24 MB zipped submission from Bell Canada) is online.  So too are submissions from CIPPIC (working with several groups) and all the other usual suspects.  Comments on the submissions are due […]

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August 16, 2005 1 comment News

Electronic Binoculars: Surveillance and the Law

Canadian Bar Association 2005 Annual Meeting link

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August 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled Conferences

Speaking Out on the Telecom Policy Review

My weekly Law Bytes column (freely available hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version) summarizes the key points in my submission to Canada’s Telecommunications Policy Review. The submission should be posted online within the next day or two [update: the submission is now online]. I argue that three principles should govern the […]

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August 15, 2005 1 comment Columns