The fallout from Sony's digital rights management usage continues. A class action lawsuit has been launched in California, police authorities have been asked to investigate in Italy, and the issue is attracting enormous attention. EFF has revealed that there is a Canadian connection as well. At least two CDs using […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Broadcasters To Seek Judicial Review of Copyright Board Decision
While the Canadian Association of Broadcasters has expressed a desire to safeguard Canadian culture, paying for that culture is another matter. The Globe and Mail is reporting that the CAB's members will seek judicial review of the recent Copyright Board commercial radio decision which led to a significant increase in […]
The Canadian Move Toward Open Access
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) focuses on the recent message from national science advisor Dr. Arthur Carty who argued that scientific success increasingly depends upon fostering a "culture of sharing" based on open access models of communication that leverage the Internet to disseminate research […]
The Canadian Move Toward Open Access
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 8, 2005 as What Good Are Ideas If You Lock Them Up? Prime Minister Paul Martin’ s decision to appoint Dr. Arthur Carty, the former head of the National Research Council, as Canada’ s first national science advisor, clearly signaled the importance of […]
What’s At Stake
Tim Denton helpfully calls attention to a recent speech by Glenn O'Farrell, the President of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. As Tim rightly notes, the speech is nothing less than a call for greater Internet regulation as the CAB frets about its ability to compete against an "unregulated broadband system." […]
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