Articles by: Michael Geist

Odd Letter-to-the-Editor of the Day

Conservative Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb. The good: encourages constituents to participate in the copyright consultation. The bad: sticks to the C-61 talking points as doesn't seem to realize that the bill was introduced in June 2008, not 2009 (and died on the order paper last September).

August 17, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News

Time Expires for Facebook Privacy Compliance

Canwest reports that the clock has run out on Facebook complying with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's privacy finding. The Commissioner now has two weeks to go to court to obtain an order requiring compliance. Update: Facebook is reportedly ready to file a plan to address the Commissioner's issues by […]

August 17, 2009 — 4 comments — News

Designing A Copyright Law That’s Built To Last

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 17, 2009 as Designing a Copyright Bill That's Built To Last As the national copyright consultation launched earlier this summer hits the midway point, the first four weeks have attracted considerable interest. There have already been more than a thousand submissions, one town […]

August 17, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

CFHSS Issues Call for Copyright Action

The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) has issued a Call for Action on the current copyright consultation. The CFHSS, which made up of 69 scholarly associations, 75 universities and colleges and 7 affiliates, as well as more than 50,000 scholars, students and practitioners across Canada, focuses […]

August 16, 2009 — 8 comments — News