The Ottawa Citizen profiles Richard Warman, who has lodged 15 complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against neo-Nazis and white supremacists for spreading hatred on the Internet against Jews, blacks, homosexuals and other target groups.
Latest Posts
Putting Canadian “Piracy” in Perspective
Over the past year, Canadians have faced a barrage of claims painting Canada as a "piracy haven." This video – the second in my collaboration with Daniel Albahary – moves beyond the headlines to demonstrate how the claims do not tell the whole story. Update: Source documents for the film […]
Privacy Commissioner Releases Pre-Texting Decision
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its finding on a case stemming from an article in Maclean’s Magazine alleging that the magazine had been able to purchase the telephone records of Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and a senior Maclean’s editor from US-based data broker Locatecell.com. The […]
YulBuzz Interview
While speaking at the CFP 2007 conference at Montreal, I took time out to sit down for an interview with YulBuzz, a Montreal-based site. The resulting interview is now online.
Giving the Internet a Sporting Chance
The Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds was a popular racecourse in Sydney, Australia in the 1930s. Built in an open fairground, the owners erected a fence around the track to ensure that only ticket buyers could watch the action or place bets on the races. In response, a neighbour built a tower that was used by an Australian broadcaster to peer over the fence and broadcast descriptions of the races on its radio stations. Victoria Park Racing sued both the neighbour and the broadcaster on nuisance and property rights grounds. The Australian High Court dismissed the suit in 1937, but the case marked the arrival of an ongoing fight over the rights of sports leagues and teams to control coverage of their events that continues to this day.
Seventy years later, the battle has shifted to the Internet. My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) focuses on how in recent months, a growing number of leagues and sports associations have sought to assert control over athlete blogging, posting photographs and video online, and even the use of player statistics.
Recent Posts
A Post I Never Thought I Would Need to Write: Jewish Students Have the Right to Feel Safe on Campus 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 203: Andrew Clement on Calls to Separate Privacy Reform and Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Bill C-27 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 202: David Soberman on the Reality Behind Claims Canadian Wireless Prices Have Been Cut in Half 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law
