Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 19, 2005 as World Faces Internet Fork in the RoadAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on September 22, 2005 as Worlds Apart The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which focus on global policy and standard setting for telecommunications, patents, […]
Archive for September, 2005
Ontario Court of Appeal Reverses Bangoura Net Jurisdiction Decision
The Ontario Court of Appeal released its much-anticipated Bangoura v. Washington Post decision yesterday, reversing the lower court' s ruling that asserted jurisdiction over the Post in a dispute over an article published in 1997. The appellate court' s reversal is welcome news since the case had the potential to […]
Not a Feature
The Canadian Press covers yesterday' s CMEC conference on Bill C-60 and education. The article includes comments from an Industry Canada official who provides assurance that "very little should change for schools under Bill C-60." I agree. Unfortunately, the fact that the bill does little for education and increasing access […]
The Telecom and Copyright Policy Review?
Reply comments in the Telecommunications Policy Review were due on Thursday and the deadline brought yet another avalanche of submissions. The first round generated over 100 submissions (mine here) and thousands of pages of reading material. I decided to skip providing a reply since just reading all the submissions seems […]
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