Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 2, 2006 as Rootkit Fiasco Shows Stronger Laws Needed The Sony Rootkit controversy, in which the world’ s second largest record label rendered hundreds of thousands of personal computers vulnerable to hacker attack by inserting faulty copy-protection software into dozens of CDs, stands […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 26, 2005 as Apple to Zundel, the Year in Tech Law As 2005 comes to a close, my annual A to Z review of the year in Canadian law and technology reveals a remarkably busy twelve months.  From legislative proposals involving copyright, network […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 19, 2005 as Dangers in ISPs’ Bid For New TollsAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on December 22, 2005 as Keep Networks Neutral Appeared in the BBC on December 22, 2005 as  Towards a Two-Tier Internet The Search, a popular new book by John […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 12, 2005 as Make Internet An Election Issue As local politicians go door-to-door in search of votes and the national party leaders prepare for this week’s debates, the election campaign has thus far centered on each party’ s attempt to articulate a unique […]

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Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 5, 2005 as Liberals Leave Raft of Unfinished E-Business Prime Minister Paul Martin used day one of this election campaign – Canada' s longest in 25 years – to focus on the Liberal' s record while in office.  Whereas Martin chose to concentrate […]

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