Articles by: Michael Geist

USTR Declines to Pursue Canadian Film Subsidy Complaint

The USTR has announced that it has declined to pursue a U.S. petition that argued that Canadian subsidies on the filming of U.S.-produced television shows and theatrical films within Canada were inconsistent with WTO obligations.

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October 21, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

“What Would Be Their Specific Need To See?”

The privacy concerns over Prime Minister Harper's Jewish New Year cards continues as the issue has been raised repeatedly in question period and is drawing regular media coverage.  The issue could be defused by simply answering the question of where the list came from, yet when a Conservative spokesperson was […]

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October 19, 2007 4 comments News

U.S. Congressional Committee Targets Canada

Ars Technica reports that a U.S. Congressional hearing on IP infringement targets China, Russia, and Canada.  Our offence?  Not enacting a DMCA.

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October 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Information R/evolution

Michael Wesch returns with another excellent video on the revolutionary change in information (hat tip: Peter Black).

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October 19, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

induletter.pdf

INDUletter.PDF

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October 18, 2007 Comments are Disabled General