Archive for August 21st, 2006

30 Days of DRM – Day 03: Oversight of DRM Misuse (Markets)

Today's installment focuses on the need for an amendment to the Competition Act should Canada introduce anti-circumvention legislation. The Act should be amended to ensure that the Competition Bureau is not restricted in its ability to bring actions against abusive behaviour stemming from the application of an anti-circumvention provision.

This argument is a bit technical, but important.

Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) examines recent Statistics Canada data on Internet use. The survey found that nearly 17 million Canadians – 68 percent of the adult population – used the Internet for personal non-business reasons last year. Moreover, almost two-thirds of Canadian adults who […]

Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 21, 2006 as Public Sector Should Step in if Private Can't Provide Canadian Internet policy has long been based on the principle of private sector leadership. The 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey, released last week by Statistics Canada, suggests that the approach […]