Articles by: Michael Geist

Coming Clean on Copyright

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 3, 2005 as Coming Clean on Copyright With House of Commons now back to business, a parliamentary committee may be formed this week to conduct hearings on Bill C-60, the federal government' s copyright reform package. While much of the public' s attention […]

October 2, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

The Onion, CRIA Edition

While we were participating in a great launch of In the Public Interest, CRIA was across town promoting two new surveys that seek to link seemingly all teenager problems and recording industry woes with file sharing. It is tempting to conduct a detailed analysis on how off-base these two new […]

September 30, 2005 — 4 comments — News

In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law Published

I am delighted to report that In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law has been published and is now available for purchase or free download under a Creative Commons license (I should note that all royalties will be donated to Creative Commons). I have great hopes for […]

September 28, 2005 — 3 comments — Books, News

Positionless at WIPO

As Jamie Boyle points out in a masterful piece in the Financial Times, this week (likely Wednesday), the World Intellectual Property Organization will move forward on a controversial Broadcasting Treaty by calling for a meeting later this year to negotiate a near-final text followed by a diplomatic conference sometime in […]

September 28, 2005 — 1 comment — News

The Long Arm of Canadian Internet Law

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked column) reviews the Bangoura and Burke cases, the two recent Canadian Internet jurisdiction decisions involving the Washington Post and New York Post. The Ontario Court of Appeal declined to assert jurisdiction in the Bangoura case, expressing concern that "to […]

September 25, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Columns