The decision by the Author' s Guild to sue Google over its Google Print initiative is obviously the story of the week. I' ve stayed quiet on this primarily because there have been some great postings (Lessig, von Lohmann, Band, Crawford, and Google' s own response among them) that say […]
Archive for September, 2005
Different Post, Different Outcome
On the heels of the Ontario Court of Appeal Bangoura decision, the B.C. Supreme Court has just released another Internet jurisdiction finding. Rather than the Washington Post, this case involves the New York Post, which is being sued by former Vancouver Canucks General Manager Brian Burke. The suit stems from […]
Emerson on Broadband
Industry Minister David Emerson used a speech in Toronto yesterday to emphasize the need to prioritize broadband access nationwide. This issue has unfortunately stalled in recent years as Canada has seen its global ranking decline. It is therefore encouraging to hear Emerson state that: "We’ve also been a leader in […]
Open Forum on Bill C-60
Readers interested in Bill C-60 may be interested in an upcoming open forum on the bill being hosted by the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law on Thursday, September 29th. Policy makers from both Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage will present their views and answer questions on the copyright reform […]
WSIS, WIPO Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked version) focuses on this month's WSIS and WIPO meetings in Geneva. While the meetings are distinct, both reflect the developing world's increasing frustration with global rules that have an enormous impact on technological development everywhere yet were crafted primarily […]
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
