Archive for March 16th, 2016

Video, Droit/Law+Tech – Michael Geist – Now What?: Canadian Privacy and Surveillance Law.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aupg2jD3G8&t=67s&ab_channel=CRDPUdeM  

CRDP UdeM: Droit/Law+Tech – Michael Geist – Now What?: Canadian Privacy and Surveillance Law

I spoke at the “Law + Tech – Current Issues in eHealth and Cybersurveillance” organized by the L.R. Wilson Chair at the Université de Montréal. I discussed the use of metadata, internet users’ data, and how the law should address its use in the post-Snowden era. 

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Copyright Board Ruling Strikes Fair Balance in Heated Education Fight

The role of copyright within the Canadian education system has emerged as a contentious issue in recent years as the Internet and digital technologies have transformed how schools provide students with access to materials. At the centre of the fight are a series of Supreme Court of Canada rulings that establish the boundaries of “fair dealing”,  which permits copying of reasonable portions of materials without the need for permission or further compensation.

My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes that last month, the Copyright Board of Canada issued a landmark decision on copying practices in primary and secondary schools, largely affirming the approach adopted by educational institutions. As a result, Access Copyright, the copyright collective that represents publishers and authors, will collect far less for in-school copying than it originally demanded.

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March 16, 2016 4 comments Columns

Copyright Ruling Strikes Fair Balance in Heated Education Fight

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 14, 2016 as Copyright Ruling Strikes Fair Balance in Heated Education Fight The role of copyright within the Canadian education system has emerged as a contentious issue in recent years as the Internet and digital technologies have transformed how schools provide students with […]

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March 16, 2016 1 comment Columns Archive