Michael Geist

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Time To Clean Up Canadian Copyright

While there has been great interest in the Bulte story for the past two weeks (which continues with Cory Doctorow's terrific op-ed yesterday on the dangers of U.S. style copyright reform in the Toronto Star, Rob Hyndman's great post on the impact of blogs, and the Globe's Matthew Ingram), I […]

January 15, 2006 — 3 comments — Columns

CRTC Launches Commercial Radio Review

The CRTC quietly launched its commercial radio review on Friday (the Canadian Association of Broadcasters sought a delay that was rejected). The review promises to attract considerable interest as the Commission has signaled its intention to consider the impact of the Internet and new technologies on the music industry. In […]

January 14, 2006 — 5 comments — News

Matthew Good

Every so often there is a posting that you simply must read. And then re-read. Speaking Out of Turn, from acclaimed Canadian musician Matthew Good, is that posting.

January 13, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

The Bulte Video

Last night's Parkdale-High Park all-candidates meeting may prove to be yet another turning point in the Bulte fundraising story. If you haven't seen it, start by watching the short version of Sam Bulte's response to a question about whether she would be willing to take the copyright pledge (watch it […]

January 12, 2006 — 14 comments — News

Debating Bulte

While Ms. Bulte has expressed a willingness to debate me on copyright issues sometime in the future, yesterday we both discussed the fundraiser issue on CBC Radio's Ontario Today. I was interviewed first, followed by Bulte (real audio streams of interviews available at Geist, Bulte not working at the moment). […]

January 11, 2006 — 2 comments — News