The Ontario Court of Appeal released its much-anticipated Bangoura v. Washington Post decision yesterday, reversing the lower court' s ruling that asserted jurisdiction over the Post in a dispute over an article published in 1997. The appellate court' s reversal is welcome news since the case had the potential to […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Not a Feature
The Canadian Press covers yesterday' s CMEC conference on Bill C-60 and education. The article includes comments from an Industry Canada official who provides assurance that "very little should change for schools under Bill C-60." I agree. Unfortunately, the fact that the bill does little for education and increasing access […]
The Telecom and Copyright Policy Review?
Reply comments in the Telecommunications Policy Review were due on Thursday and the deadline brought yet another avalanche of submissions. The first round generated over 100 submissions (mine here) and thousands of pages of reading material. I decided to skip providing a reply since just reading all the submissions seems […]
Canada’s Do-Not-Hesitate-To-Call List
My weekly Lawbytes column (freely available hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version) focuses on Bill C-37, which is designed to establish a do-not-call list. Following its introduction, Bill C-37 was referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology for review. Months later, the amended bill is virtually […]
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