Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 12, 2005 as Make Internet An Election Issue As local politicians go door-to-door in search of votes and the national party leaders prepare for this week’s debates, the election campaign has thus far centered on each party’ s attempt to articulate a unique […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
EFF and CIPPIC Launch Online Rights Canada
There is exciting news today for those concerned with a public interest perspective on a range of online issues. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic have jointly announced the creation of Online Rights Canada, a new grassroots organization focused on technology and information […]
Sony Commentaries
With the Sony rootkit story continuing to make news, there has been a raft of important commentary on the incident. Two of note from today – the New York Times runs an op-ed from Damian Kulash, lead singer of the group OK Go. Kulash speaks out against DRM (noting the […]
The Liberal Tech Law Record: 2004-05
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) examines the Liberal minority government' s record on technology law issues. I suggest that much like the underlying policies themselves, the record is a mixed bag. It falls into three groups of developments: (i) completed policies; (ii) policies that […]
The Liberal Tech Law Record: 2004-05
Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 5, 2005 as Liberals Leave Raft of Unfinished E-Business Prime Minister Paul Martin used day one of this election campaign – Canada' s longest in 25 years – to focus on the Liberal' s record while in office. Whereas Martin chose to concentrate […]
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