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Government Keeps ACTA Consultation Results Under Wraps

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 3, 2008 as Treaty Consultation Process Snubs Public Earlier this year, many Canadians were taken aback by reports of a secret trade agreement that conjured up images of iPod-searching border guards and tough new penalties for every day activities. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, […]

November 3, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Canadian Podcasting Royalty Down But Not Out

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 27, 2008 as Proposed Podcasting Royalty Fight Not Over In the annals of Canadian copyright royalty fights, few can match Tariff 22 for pure stamina and longevity. First introduced in 1995 by SOCAN, thirteen years later the proposal is still the source of […]

October 27, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Canadian Parties Practice Politics 1.0 in a Web 2.0 World

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 20, 2008 as Parties Stick With Obsolete Strategies Business increasingly recognizes the need for an Internet strategy that engages current and prospective customers. The days of "brochure-ware" websites that do little more than describe the company and its products or services are gradually […]

October 20, 2008 — 1 comment — Columns Archive

Parties’ Digital Policy Scorecard Heading Into Election Day

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 14, 2008 as Which Party is Ahead on the Digital Scorecard? Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on October 14, 2008 as Parties' Digital Policy Scorecard Heading Into Election Day As the national election campaign launched five weeks ago, I wrote that "the election […]

October 14, 2008 — 1 comment — Columns Archive

ISP Tax May Be The Next Big Culture Funding Fight

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 6, 2008 as Is An Internet Tax Coming? The emergence of cultural funding as a hot-button political issue in the current election campaign appears to have taken virtually everyone by surprise. The roughly $50 million in cuts may be tiny in terms of […]

October 6, 2008 — 3 comments — Columns Archive