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Music Industry Needs A Dose of Innovation, Not Intervention

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 15, 2007 as Music Industry Needs Innovation Not Intervention Appeared in the Tyee on October 16, 2007 as Music Biz Wants Crackdown In the weeks leading up to tomorrow's Speech from the Throne, several music industry lobby groups have urged the government to […]

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October 15, 2007 7 comments Columns Archive

Canadians Deserve Better ISP Transparency

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 8, 2007 as Canadians Deserve Better ISP Transparency Online auction giant eBay Canada last week released the results of a survey it commissioned on Canadians' attitudes toward "net neutrality," a rapidly emerging issue that focuses on need for Internet service providers (ISPs) to […]

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October 9, 2007 4 comments Columns Archive

Privacy Threats No Longer ‘Terra Incognita’

Appeared in the Toronto Star on October 1, 2007 as Privacy Threats Are No Longer 'Terra Incognita' Last week the privacy world gathered in Montreal for the most important global privacy conference on the calendar. The International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference brings together hundreds of privacy commissioners, government […]

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October 1, 2007 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Navigating Canada’s Copyright Conflicts

Appeared in the Hill Times on October 1, 2007 as Navigating Canada's Copyright 'Conflicts' In a sure sign of an impending throne speech, copyright lobby groups are out in full force calling on the government to prioritize intellectual property protection in its fall legislative agenda.  Despite efforts to put forward […]

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September 30, 2007 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Canadian Broadcasting Policy For a World of Abundance

Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 24, 2007 as Broadcasters Must Adapt to New Media Reality Soon after taking over as chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Konrad von Finckenstein commissioned Laurence Dunbar and Christian Leblanc, two leading broadcasting lawyers, to conduct a comprehensive review of Canada's […]

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September 24, 2007 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive