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Ottawa Needs to Combat Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 15, 2016 as Ottawa Needs to Combat Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights Developing a national innovation strategy has been a top priority of Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. Bains has created an expert panel, held meetings across the […]

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August 16, 2016 2 comments Columns Archive

Study Finds Piracy Fight a Low Priority for Canadian Rights Holders

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 8, 2016 as Piracy on Agenda in Copyright Law Review The Canadian government plans to review the state of copyright law next year, but a recent government-commissioned study indicates that fighting piracy is a low priority for rights holders. They prefer to focus […]

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August 8, 2016 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Creating Meaningful Privacy Consent for the Digital World

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 1, 2016 as Canada Needs Beefed Up Privacy Consent Laws Privacy laws around the world may differ on certain issues, but all share a key principle: the collection, use and disclosure of personal information requires user consent. The challenge in a digital world […]

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August 2, 2016 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Why Canada’s National Digitization Plan Falls Short

Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 25, 2016 as Ottawa Should Commit to Digitizing Canadian Heritage Imagine going to your local library in search of Canadian books. You wander through the stacks but are surprised to find most shelves barren with the exception of books that are over a […]

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July 26, 2016 2 comments Columns Archive

It’s All Fun and Games Until We Lose Our Digital Privacy

Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 18, 2016 as It’s All Fun and Games Until We Lose Our Digital Privacy Unless you’ve been offline or focused on a distorted national anthem rendition for the past week, you know that Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm with millions […]

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July 18, 2016 1 comment Columns Archive