Mashable points to the creation of a customized Google torrent search page. The site was not created by Google (a user did it) and the same functionality has long existed within Google. Yet the site obviously highlights some of the challenges of distinguishing between sites that offer the ability to […]
Articles by: Michael Geist
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Appeared in the Toronto Star on April 20, 2009 as Old Issues in Modern TV 'Crisis' This week a steady stream of television and cable executives will appear in Ottawa before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to discuss the "evolution of the television industry in Canada and its impact […]
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Julian Ho of the IP Osgoode blog has an interesting post on how U.S. pressure on China to reform its copyright laws may have an adverse effect on freedom of speech.
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Farhad Manjoo of Slate on why the perfect online movie service is at least a decade away.
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