Last year the British Columbia government announced plans to outsource the management of its health care system’s personal data to a private sector company based in the United States. The plan sparked a remarkable chain of events – the affected union raised concerns that the data could be accessed by […]
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Copyright’s Convergence
Last week, almost 24 hours before the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in MGM v. Grokster, a highly publicized file sharing case that pitted Hollywood against the technology community, dozens of people began lining up, prepared to brave a cold Washington, DC night in order to attend the hearing. Outside […]
Canada Rejects One-Sided Approach To Copyright Reform
Last spring the Canadian Heritage Standing Committee, a parliamentary committee chaired by Toronto MP Sarmite Bulte, conducted a series of hearings on copyright reform. Listening to a steady stream of rights holder groups, the committee virtually ignored the interests of users, researchers, educators, and the broader public interest as it […]
New Accountability Need For Net Service Providers
Internet law in Canada has evolved significantly over the past decade with the introduction of new privacy, e-commerce, and copyright legislation. One constant, however, has been governmental support for a hands-off, self-regulatory policy approach for Internet service providers (ISPs). Given the rapidly changing online environment, it is time to re-examine […]
Keeping An Eye On A Canadian Prize
Last month, in celebration of Black History Month, thousands of Internet users engaged in a small act of civil disobedience. They downloaded Eyes on the Prize, the award-winning documentary on Dr. Martin Luther King, which is no longer available for purchase due to the expiry of rights to certain clips […]
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