Cyndee Todgham Cherniak reports that Canada Border Services opened mail addressed to her office at Lang Michener, raising signficant privacy and client confidentiality concerns.
Articles by: Michael Geist
The Letters of the Law: The Year in Canadian Technology Law and Policy
There was rarely a dull moment over the past twelve months in law and technology with no shortage of legislative proposals, controversial court cases, and very public battles over the future of the Internet in Canada. My final technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) takes a look back […]
The Letters of the Law: The Year in Canadian Technology Law and Policy
Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 22, 2008 as The Letters of the Law: A Lively Year in Canadian Technology Law and Policy There was rarely a dull moment over the past twelve months in law and technology with no shortage of legislative proposals, controversial court cases, and very […]
RIAA Abandoning P2P Lawsuits
The Wall Street Journal reports that the RIAA has decided to abandon its strategy of suing individual file sharers. The music lobby group has sued more than 35,000 people since 2003. Instead, the RIAA plans to focus on a three-strikes and you're out approach with ISPs that would involve terminating […]
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