Articles by: Michael Geist

Joe Clark on the CCC

Joe Clark focuses on the recent CCC proposal and its impact on rights of people with disabilities.

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January 27, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Chicago Tribune on the SAC Proposal

The Chicago Tribune applauds the SAC proposal, responding to CRIA's "pipe dream" remark by noting that "if anyone's dreaming, it's the recording industry thinking it can police file-swapping."

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January 27, 2008 Comments are Disabled News
Why Copyright?

Why Copyright?

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to deliver a talk to the Canadian University Press National Conference, a gathering of student journalists from across the country.  The talk was a long response to a question that comes up pretty regularly – why has copyright generated so much interest from so many people.  A podcast of the talk is available here.  The slides are posted below.

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January 25, 2008 7 comments Audio, ExtPodcasts, News

CRIA Says No Content Blocking Demands in Forthcoming Bill

CRIA tells the Globe and Mail that it is not seeking copyright provisions "related to content filtering or termination of repeat offenders."

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January 25, 2008 4 comments News

Wikinomics on the Copyright MPs

The Wikinomics blog expands my chart on the Copyright MPs by focusing on vote totals and the percentage of students needed to swing the relevant ridings.

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January 25, 2008 1 comment News