Professor Geist's regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) is the first of a two-part look at the impact of peer-to-peer file sharing on the music industry. The column provides a detailed examination of the Canadian Recording Industry Association's own numbers, concluding that […]
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CIRA Proposes New WHOIS Policy
Professor Geist’s latest Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines CIRA’s new proposed WHOIS policy for the dot-ca domain. The new policy will not publicly disclose personal information for individual registrations, though corporate and organizational registrations will typically have full information publicly posted […]
Toward a 21st Century Canadian Cultural Policy
Professor Geist's weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) features part two of an examination of Canadian cultural policy. The column argues that the current Canadian culture toolkit must be recast for the 21st century by adapting it to emerging technologies and to […]
Will Canadian Cultural Policy Survive in the Age of the Internet?
Professor Geist’s weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines several recent Canadian legal developments including CRTC hearings on satellite radio and VoIP, a Quebec court decision on satellite television, and copyright reform, arguing that the common thread through the cases how to […]
Who Should Own Your Wedding Pictures?
Professor Geist's weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines Bill S-9, a new Canadian copyright bill steaming through the Senate. The column argues that the bill, which focuses on copyright in photographs, not only undermines consumer rights and privacy, but also fails […]