From policy decisions on Internet telephony to third language television broadcasters, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has faced more than its fair share of criticism in recent months. With last week’s much anticipated pay radio decision, the Commission was no doubt prepared for yet another flurry of negative commentary. […]
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Domain Name Dispute Puts Dot-Ca In The Spotlight
Designed as an easy and effective method to locate websites and route email, domain names attracted the attention of speculators in the mid-1990s who quickly realized their value and the potential to resell them to the highest bidder. It is no wonder then that domain name disputes emerged as one […]
The State of File Sharing and Canadian Copyright Law
The recent Federal Court of Appeal music file sharing case, in which the court rejected the Canadian Recording Industry Association’s attempt to uncover the identities of 29 alleged file sharers, raises important privacy and copyright issues. Last week’s column reviewed the court’s test to protect personal privacy; this week’s column […]
File Sharing Decision States the Case for Privacy
In an age when the media analyzes legal decisions on the basis of winners and losers, the recent Federal Court appellate decision over music file sharing left many people a bit bewildered. The court described the decision as a divided success, newspaper headlines trumpeted it as a loss for the […]
Report is a Roadmap To Canning Spam
Lost amidst the high drama on Parliament Hill last week was the release of Stopping Spam, the National Task Force on Spam’s final report. Established in May 2004 by the Minister of Industry, the Task Force was comprised of Internet service providers (ISPs), marketers, consumer groups, and academic experts (I […]
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