My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) examines the growing trend toward a two-tiered Internet, which upends the longstanding principle of network neutrality under which ISPs treat all data equally. I argue that the network neutrality principle has served ISPs, Internet companies, and Internet users well. […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
The Search for Net Neutrality
Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 19, 2005 as Dangers in ISPs’ Bid For New TollsAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on December 22, 2005 as Keep Networks Neutral Appeared in the BBC on December 22, 2005 as Towards a Two-Tier Internet The Search, a popular new book by John […]
TVO’s The Agenda Debates Copyright
Copyright debate on TVO’s the Agenda (view and listen/MP3 on TVO.com).
Election Answers
For the past two weeks, I have featured columns focusing on law and technology issues within the context of the upcoming election. Last week I focused on the Liberal record during its minority government and this week I posed "big picture" issues that need answering. I got my first answer […]
Election Questions
While Sam Bulte provides some election answers, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has posed a series of new questions to the political parties. I must admit that I find the questions incredibly disappointing. The AUCC chose to ask essentially the same question in nine different ways. That […]
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