Articles by: Michael Geist

The Sad Reality of Copyright Policy in Canada

As I noted yesterday, I have spent considerable time writing and speaking on balanced copyright, including pulling together a book which features 19 professors from across Canada speaking out on the need for the public interest in copyright policy (the book is titled In the Public Interest and is available […]

January 4, 2006 — 2 comments — News

Business As Usual

Kudos to the Hollywood Reporter for jumping in this morning and covering (brief display) the Bulte story with an enlightening piece that includes comments from Douglas Frith of the CMPDA (movies) and Graham Henderson of CRIA. Leaving aside Frith's bizarre comment that on copyright "Canada is beginning to look like […]

January 4, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

Campaign Contributions

I am a law professor, not an investigative reporter or a political operative, so the notion of campaign contributions is foreign to me. I've been posting on the planned Sam Bulte fundraiser being hosted by the heads of the major entertainment industry associations just four days before the election (Tipping […]

January 3, 2006 — 7 comments — News

Tipping Point

If the amount of blog discussion and private email that I am receiving is any indication, the story about the Sarmite Bulte fundraiser hosted by the leaders of CRIA et al is at a tipping point with the potential to crack into the mainstream political press. There is coverage today […]

January 2, 2006 — 3 comments — News

Sony Settlement a Blueprint for Legislative Action

Following on my earlier posting, my Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) advances my thoughts on how the Sony rootkit settlement could create the starting point for a model statute that protects against the misuse of TPMs. The column repeats my overview of the settlement including the […]

January 2, 2006 — 3 comments — Columns