Archive for 2006

IDRC Launches Open Archive Initiative

Canada’s International Development Research Centre is a government-backed development agency focused on research in the developing world.  IDRC doesn’t generate much attention in Canada (most of its work is done outside of the country in the places that need help), but it should.  In 2004, it provided financial support to […]

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January 10, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

The Ottawa Citizen on CRIA’s Poll

While many may have missed it, the Ottawa Citizen ran a masthead editorial on January 2nd assessing CRIA's poll on copyright and the election.  I argued that the poll was primarily noteworthy for the questions that it didn't ask.  Apparently, the Citizen agreed.  It starts the editorial by warning "beware […]

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January 10, 2006 1 comment News

Cause or Effect

With the Bulte story now a week old (I actually blogged about it nearly three weeks ago but it started to pick up steam on new years day), one might think that there is little else to say.  I think there is more because this incident is as much about […]

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January 9, 2006 3 comments News

Crystal Ball Gazing At The Coming Year in Tech Law

Predicting the future of Canadian technology law is challenging at the best of times, but during an election campaign prognostications are admittedly likely to be about as accurate as a coin flip. With that caveat in mind, my weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) offers up […]

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January 9, 2006 1 comment Columns

Crystal Ball Gazing at the Coming Year in Tech Law

Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 9, 2006 as Tech Laws We Need Predicting the future of Canadian technology law is challenging at the best of times, but during an election campaign prognostications are admittedly likely to be about as accurate as a coin flip. With that caveat in […]

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January 9, 2006 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive