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Quebec Court Says No to eBay’s Online Contract

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 30, 2013 as Quebec Court Says No To eBay’s Online Contract Few things are more common on the Internet than the lengthy, largely incomprehensible, online contracts that are often buried at the bottom of web pages with a simple link to “terms”. These […]

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April 3, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Policy Laundering Lies Behind Ottawa’s Support for IP Treaties

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 23, 2013 as Policy Laundering Lies Behind Ottawa’s Support for Trade Treaties Last week, the House of Commons Committee on Industry, Science and Technology released its long-awaited report on intellectual property in Canada. The report was the result of months of study with […]

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April 3, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

What’s Really Behind Canada’s Anti-Counterfeiting Bill

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 9, 2013 as What’s Really Behind Ottawa’s Anti-Counterfeiting Bill? With only limited fanfare, earlier this month Industry Minister Christian Paradis introduced Bill C-56, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act. Since no one supports counterfeit products – there are legitimate concerns associated with health and […]

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March 13, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Lights, Camera, Kickstarter: How Internet Crowdfunding Is Changing the Way Movies are Funded

Appeared in the Toronto Star on March 2, 2013 as How ‘Crowdfunding’ is Changing the Way Movies are Funded The movie Argo may have picked up the biggest prize in last week’s Academy Awards ceremony, but it was the Best Documentary Short winner that had many on the Internet buzzing.  […]

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March 5, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Internet Surveillance Bill is Dead but Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well

Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 23, 2013 as Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well The government’s recent decision to kill its online surveillance legislation marked a remarkable policy shift. The outcry over the plan to require Internet providers to install surveillance capabilities within their networks and […]

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February 26, 2013 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive