Heather Morrison posts an update of her ongoing series on the dramatic growth of open access, pointing to the development of open access infrastructure (institutional repositories), a massive increase in the number of journals offering free access, and the million movies now available at the Internet Archive.
News
ACTA: The Ethical Analysis of a Failure and Its Lessons
Luciano Floridi, the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire, has written a helpful analysis of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and its failure.
Canada Officially Joins Trans Pacific Partnership Talks
After months of delays, Canada (and Mexico) have officially joined the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. The next round of talks is scheduled to take place in New Zealand in December.
Google Faces Canadian Gmail Lawsuit Over Email Scanning
A B.C. man has filed a lawsuit against Google over the scanning of emails sent to Gmail users. Similar lawsuits have been filed in the U.S., though experts are skeptical about whether automated scanning amounts to a privacy violation.
Two Canadian Universities Hit By Security Breaches
Slaw and the NY Times report that two Canadian universities – UBC and McMaster University – have been hit by security breaches with student records and other data posted online.
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law 
Government Doubles Down in Defending Bill C-2’s Information Demand Powers That Open the Door to Warrantless Access of Personal Information 
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