Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 13, 2009 as Free, over-the-air TV fades to black Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on July 14, 2009 as The era of free television has gone the way of rabbit-ears Since the debut of broadcast television in this country more than 50 years […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
Privacy Commissioner Finds Facebook Violating Canadian Privacy Law
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its long-awaited finding (media release, finding, backgrounder) in the complaint against Facebook on a variety of privacy grounds. The complaint was launched by CIPPIC in May 2008 (note that I am an advisor to CIPPIC but had no involvement in […]
National Post Podcast on Net Neutrality
I participated in debate with Bell's Jonathan Daniels on net neutrality for the National Post Full Comment podcast.
Groups Call on U.S. Government To Drop Internet From ACTA
A coalition of leading library, civil rights, and technology companies have written to the U.S. government to urge it to drop the Internet provisions from the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. With talks set to resume this week, Jamie Love reports that Canada has produced another secret document, Japan has developed an […]
No Place for State in our Hard Drives?
Just ahead of the copyright consultation, Kris Kotarski writes an op-ed for the Calgary Herald focusing on intrusive copyright laws.
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 249: The Debate Over Canada’s AI Strategy – My Consultation Submission and Appearance at the Canadian Heritage Committee 
How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canada’s AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Models 
We Need More Canada in the Training Data: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on AI and the Creative Sector
