CIPPIC has filed a privacy complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada over Bell's deep packet inspection practices. With CAIP raising the privacy issue in its submission to the CRTC, it was only a matter of time before the Privacy Commissioner was asked to intervene. CIPPIC highlights several privacy concerns […]
Archive for May, 2008
France Says Canada Considering “Three Strikes and You’re Out” ISP Policy
Last month I wrote about the pressure to adopt "graduated response," a policy that is better described as "three strikes and you're out" for ISP subscribers. While Canada has yet to take a public position on the issue, a new French document cites Canada as an example of a country […]
B.C. Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Crookes Cyberlibel Suit
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that dismissed a libel suit launched by Wayne Crookes against Yahoo!, MySpace, and a group of individuals. The court rejected the view that a court should presume that something posted online on a restricted access site has been […]
Knopf vs. ESA
Howard Knopf and the Entertainment Software Associated debated copyright last night on the Business News Network.
Study Ranks Canadian Copyright Protection Among Best in the World
Weeks after the World Economic Forum ranked Canadian intellectual property protection fourth among G8 countries, another international study has again ranked Canada as an IP protection leader. Taylor Wessing, in association with Managing Intellectual Property, has released the Global Intellectual Property Index (study requires free registration). Canada fares well for […]
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