Articles by: Michael Geist
U.S. Government Objects to Canadian Copyright Reform Plan
The U.S. Trade Representative has issued its annual report on global intellectual property protection, known as the Special 301 Report. Once again, Canada finds itself in good company on the list (a more interesting list would consist of countries who meet the U.S. standard for IP protection).
Response to the Net’s Sour Note
The Globe and Mail ran an editorial yesterday in which it expressed strong support for CRIA s file sharing lawsuit appeal. This morning the paper published my letter to the editor. The letter states:
Intellectual Property’s Digital Divide
My weekly Law Bytes column (freely available hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version, homepage version) assesses the recent WIPO Development Agenda meeting, pointing to the need to bridge the divide between the United States and the Friends of Development coalition.
Copyright Reform and the Canadian Medical Community
The Canadian Medical Association Journal features my opinion piece on the impact of potential copyright reform on the medical community.
Piercing the P2P Myths
Regular readers of my columns that appear in the Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen will know that I featured a two-part series on the music industry late last year. I’ve updated those articles into a single work that has just been posted on First Monday, a peer-reviewed online journal