Articles by: Michael Geist

Neutrality.ca Back Online

Canadians tracking the net neutrality debate will know that Neutrality.ca was taken offline about six weeks ago due to legal concerns. I was deeply troubled by the loss of the site as I think it provided a valuable forum for a critically important issue. Rather that allow the site to […]

June 5, 2007 — 9 comments — News

Neutrality.ca Back Online

June 5, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality

New Ownership

Neutrality.ca has served as an important clearinghouse for a Canadian perspective on the net neutrality issue. Kevin McArthur did a terrific job in getting the site launched, but as regular readers know, decided that he could not continue to operate the site. Given its importance, I’ve agreed to step in […]

June 5, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — Neutrality

Industry Committee Hearing on Olympic Marks Bill

The Industry Committee conducted its first hearing yesterday afternoon on Bill C-47, the Olympics marks bill (the second and likely final hearing goes this morning). With the exception of one Conservative MP who raised the prospect of whether the bill should include criminal provisions for ambush marketing, most of the […]

June 5, 2007 — 2 comments — News

Engadget Reports Cable Co’s Actively Using Broadcast Flag

Engadget reports that some Canadian cable providers, particularly Rogers and Shaw, are activating the broadcast flag onto a questionable amount of content. The site says that "users who are trying to record said programming via their own Windows Vista Media Center setup are receiving all sorts of errors and messages […]

June 5, 2007 — 3 comments — News