Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 1, 201 as 2012 could be busy year for Internet technology law and policy in Canada Technology law and policy is notoriously unpredictable but 2012 promises to be a busy year. My best guess for the coming months: January. The Supreme Court of […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside
The New England Journal of Medicine features an article on copyright overreach as a cognitive screening test faces copyright infringement claims and a longstanding test disappears from textbooks, websites, and clinical tool kits.
2011 in Review: Developments in ACTA
The EFF provides a helpful review of ACTA developments over the course of 2011, which included a signed agreement and a backlash in several countries.
Life Under Life Plus Fifty: Hemingway Enters Public Domain in Canada
New Year’s Day now marks public domain day, the day when new works enter into the public domain. While Europe marks the entry of James Joyce into its public domain, Joyce has been in the public domain in Canada for the past 20 years, serving as an important reminder of […]
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The Supreme Court of Canada this morning ruled that the federal government’s plan to create a single securities regulator is unconstitutional since it stretches the federal trade and commerce clause too far into provincial jurisdiction. The ruling is a wake-up call on the limits of federal powers, even where many […]
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