Appeared in the Toronto Star, July 18, 2005 as Harry Potter and the Amazing InjunctionAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen, July 21, 2005 as Harry Potter and the Right to Read Along with millions worldwide who scooped up the latest Harry Potter tome over the weekend, the 41 schools that make […]
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The Battle for Control of the Internet
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the California-based non-profit corporation charged with administering the Internet’s domain name system, meets this week in Luxembourg. As usual, only a relatively small group of government officials and people connected to domain name businesses will pay close attention to what transpires. […]
Canada lags on privacy breach disclosure
At one time, public disclosures of privacy and security breaches were a rare occurrence. Companies were careful to keep such breaches quiet, content to compensate breach victims rather than face the inevitable negative publicity. No longer. Over the past 12 months, there has been a staggering number of reported privacy […]
Grokster and the Future of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
The release of the United States Supreme Court’s Grokster decision this past Monday generated, as expected, an avalanche of breathless headlines proclaiming victory for the recording industry and a “shutting of the tap” of music on peer-to-peer file sharing systems. While the highest court in the U.S. did indeed unanimously […]
Canadian Copyright Bill a Missed Opportunity
Last week the federal government unveiled Bill C-60, its long awaited digital copyright reform bill. Ottawa kept its promises – the recording industry and Canada’s Internet service providers emerged as the big winners with each securing a lengthy list of new rights, power, and protections. While some of those provisions […]
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