Archive for June, 2006

Rajotte’s Data Fraud Bill

James Rajotte, a Conservative MP from Edmonton and the chair of the Industry committee, has introduced a noteworthy private members’ bill focused on pre-texting and other privacy abuses. It seeks to plug several loopholes in the current Criminal Code that may exclude personal information from provisions that address fraudulent impersonation. […]

June 14, 2006 — 1 comment — News

OCRI Podcast on Blogging

OCRI Radio, which podcasts monthly, features an interview with me about the benefits of blogging, podcasting and web 2.0.

June 14, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

Captain Copyright and the Case of the Critical Link

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) examines the linking issues associated with Captain Copyright. While the linking policy has gone through several edits, the column argues that it is doubtful that any version is actually enforceable. First, it is by no means certain that the terms […]

June 13, 2006 — 9 comments — Columns

Captain Copyright and the Case of the Critical Link

Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 12, 2006 as Links to Friends, Foes Fair Game on the Internet The hyperlink is one of the Internet's most basic yet important features. The debut of the World Wide Web more than a decade ago brought with it the ability to instantly […]

June 12, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Oda Announces Broadcast Study

Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has announced that the government is commissioning a major study on the future of television and radio regulation. Oda claims that "other nations began to build the policy framework for the new digital world decades ago. Unfortunately Canada did not." It would be interesting to […]

June 12, 2006 — 1 comment — News