Articles by: Michael Geist

Quebec Gov’t Strikes Deal with ESA on French Language Video Games

The Canadian Press reports that the Quebec government and the Entertainment Software Alliance have reached an agreement under which all video games sold in Quebec will be translated into French.

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August 19, 2007 3 comments News

Slyck Interviews the CPCC

Slyck features an interview with David Basskin of the CPCC.  The interview includes the inevitable question about the applicability of downloading songs on P2P networks, which Basskin responds to by instead focusing on uploading on P2P networks.

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August 19, 2007 3 comments News

The CBC on Net Libel Chill

The National featured a lengthy report on Internet libel last night focusing on the Zeke’s Gallery and Crookes’ cases.  The story, which did an excellent job of highlighting the core issues, has posted by LibelChill.ca on YouTube.  I’m featured in the piece and wrote about these concerns earlier this year.

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August 17, 2007 6 comments News

E-Waste on the NAFTA Political Agenda

Environmental waste is a mounting concern, yet it has attracted little attention in Canada.  It therefore comes as a pleasant surprise to find that a joint NAFTA statement from earlier this week makes specific reference to the issue.  Government representatives of Canada, the U.S, and Mexico state: Rapid and dramatic […]

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August 17, 2007 2 comments News

Shifting Advertising Dollars

Interesting pair of articles – one from Mathew Ingram on the "resurrection of free" and the other from Henry Blodget, which are both ultimately about shifting dollars in the advertising market.

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August 17, 2007 Comments are Disabled News