Archive for July, 2008

Public Left Out Of ACTA Talks

Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 28, 2008 as Public Left Out of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Talks Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the leaders of G8 countries closed their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan by encouraging "the acceleration of negotiations to establish a new international legal framework, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade […]

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July 28, 2008 4 comments Columns Archive

Canadian Conference of the Arts on C-61

The CCA puts out two documents (1, 2), which acknowledge that a key driver behind the bill is "unrelenting pressure from the United States and the mass media interests who regard Canadian copyright law as harmful to their economic interests. (This despite the fact that the World Economic Forum rates […]

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July 28, 2008 4 comments News

More MP Responses to C-61

Mark O'Sullivan blogs about Conservative MP's Lynn Yelich's response, while the Mad Analogy blog focuses on a response from Liberal MP Hedy Fry.

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July 28, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Full CV 2008

Geistcvjuly08-long.pdf

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July 27, 2008 Comments are Disabled General

61 Reforms to C-61, Day 25: TPMs – Research Exception Limited to Encryption and Security Testing

Bill C-61 includes two exceptions relevant for researchers: an exception at Section 41.13 limited to encryption research (unlike the U.S. DMCA, encryption research is not defined) and security testing at Section 41.15, which could be construed to include security research on computer or network vulnerabilities.  The impact of the anti-circumvention […]

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July 25, 2008 6 comments News