Articles by: Michael Geist

Facing Up To Facebook: The Fight For Fair Copyright in Canada

A discussion at Osgoode Hall on Facing Up To Facebook: The Fight For Fair Copyright in Canada.

March 9, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — Audio

Conservatives Rerun New Year Card Issue

Fresh off the controversy involving Jewish New Year cards, yesterday I received an email from a reader angry over having received a Chinese New Year card from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The same privacy issues again come to the fore – the person is not Chinese and is upset that […]

March 7, 2008 — 3 comments — News

Senate Committee To Conduct Hearings on C-10

The Senate Banking Committee has issued a news release indicating that it will hear from the cultural community and the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the controversial issue of film tax credits and a Ministerial veto.

March 7, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — News

Ryerson Student Faces Expulsion for Facebook Use

The big story in Toronto today is news that a student may face expulsion from Ryerson University for their use of Facebook. In this instance, the student was an administrator of a Facebook group that students in a chemistry class used to assist one another with assignments. It would appear […]

March 6, 2008 — 21 comments — News

CRIA Announces Shut Down of Canadian Counterfeiting Operation

I'm at Canadian Music Week in Toronto this week (where a representative of the RIAA urged Canadians to increase the "hassle" factor of P2P by launching lawsuits and polluting the P2P networks with fake files) where CRIA just issued a press release heralding the shut down and arrest of a […]

March 6, 2008 — 12 comments — News