Archive for May, 2006

Canada to Launch Cybersecurity Task Force?

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) reports that the the Conservative government is preparing to launch a Cyber-Security Task Force.  Although the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness does not list any information about the task force on its site, GEDS, the government’s electronic directory service, was recently updated to include a Cybersecurity Task Force Secretariat.  The Secretariat apparently at least includes an Assistant Deputy Minister and a senior policy analyst.

While the move to address shortcomings in Canada’s cyber-security framework is welcome, the creation of this task force raises three important issues.

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May 29, 2006 1 comment Columns

Cyber-security Plans Require a Privacy Perspective

Appeared in the Toronto Star on May 29, 2006 as No Carte Blanche to Spy on Citizens Since taking office in late January, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sought to distance himself from the policies of the preceding Liberal governments.  Perhaps no longer.  Information posted recently on a government directory […]

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May 29, 2006 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive
Video, TVO: Archive: Michael Geist on a Canadian solution for copyright 

https://www.tvo.org/video/archive/michael-geist-on-a-canadian-solution-for-copyright  

TVO: Archive: Michael Geist on a Canadian solution for copyright

In this talk, I discuss that with increasing ability for any individual to create blog posts, YouTube videos, and other contents that can be created and shared in the digital space, it is accompanied by infringement on the rights of copyright holders. In the video, I offer a solution for this conundrum.   

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May 27, 2006 Comments are Disabled Video

Podcasts and Broadcasts

I recently spent about 40 minutes chatting with Amber MacArthur for the Inside the Net podcast program. You can listen to the discussion (which suffer from some poor Skype audio quality) on music and the law, the clip culture, and net neutrality here.  Meanwhile, TVO is broadcasting my Hart House […]

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May 26, 2006 4 comments News

Rogers CFO Speculates on Tiered Access

Rogers CFO Doug Linton has told an investors’ conference that ISPs must move toward increased tiered pricing for customers. 

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May 25, 2006 6 comments News