Articles by: Michael Geist

Kids on TV on C-61

John Caffery of the band Kids on TV warns about the effects of C-61.

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September 23, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Kinch Runs for NDP in Calgary Centre

Tyler Kinch, who was among the fair copyright attendees at the Prentice open house last December, is running for the NDP in the Calgary Centre riding.

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September 23, 2008 1 comment News

Anderson on Media and the Election

Steve Anderson on media issues and the federal election.

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September 23, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Canada Risks Missing Out on Open Access Momentum

Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 22, 2008 as Canada Missing Out on Open Access Momentum Last week, Liberal leader Stephane Dion committed to substantial increases to Canada's federal research funding in a major speech on education and research at the University of Western Ontario.  The Liberal promise – […]

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September 22, 2008 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Why Copyright?

Last week I delivered a talk on copyright reform at Concordia University titled Why Copyright.  It focused on the response to Bill C-61, the growth of Fair Copyright for Canada, and the potential for different copyright reform choices.  The talk – slides and audio – are embedded below.

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September 20, 2008 2 comments News