Articles by: Michael Geist

The DRM Free-Fall

As Bell unveils a DRM-free music store and Yahoo says it won't invest any more money in DRM-based music stores, the DRM free-fall continues, yet CRIA and its allies puzzlingly continue to focus on legal reforms tied to DRM as their primary legislative objective.

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October 9, 2007 2 comments News

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Howard Knopf assesses the legal battle over the City of Toronto's use of the penny in an advertising campaign.

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October 9, 2007 1 comment News

Open WIPO Letter

IP Watch posts a open letter to the WIPO Secretary General that demonstrate the enormity of the problems at the UN institution.

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October 9, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Privacy Threats No Longer ‘Terra Incognita’ – The Video

Last week's column on the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference has generated a fair amount of attention.  As I noted in my blog posting, the column was based on my concluding remarks in the final plenary of that conference.  The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has now […]

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October 8, 2007 29 comments News

Privacy Threats No Longer ‘Terra Incognita’

Video regarding Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner’s conference and closing remarks.

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October 8, 2007 Comments are Disabled Video