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The Ottawa Citizen on CRIA’s Poll

While many may have missed it, the Ottawa Citizen ran a masthead editorial on January 2nd assessing CRIA's poll on copyright and the election.  I argued that the poll was primarily noteworthy for the questions that it didn't ask.  Apparently, the Citizen agreed.  It starts the editorial by warning "beware […]

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January 10, 2006 1 comment News

Cause or Effect

With the Bulte story now a week old (I actually blogged about it nearly three weeks ago but it started to pick up steam on new years day), one might think that there is little else to say.  I think there is more because this incident is as much about […]

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January 9, 2006 3 comments News

Crystal Ball Gazing At The Coming Year in Tech Law

Predicting the future of Canadian technology law is challenging at the best of times, but during an election campaign prognostications are admittedly likely to be about as accurate as a coin flip. With that caveat in mind, my weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) offers up […]

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January 9, 2006 1 comment Columns

Tone Deaf

The Sam Bulte fundraiser story has gone mainstream, with press coverage from the Canadian Press and the Toronto Star.  The Canadian Press story focuses on concerns from noted Canadian historian and politican scientist Jack Granatstein, who says the fundraiser is inappropriate, adding that: "I worry when any politician, at any […]

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January 6, 2006 13 comments News

Sony Hit With Canadian Class Action Suits

With Sony slated to appear in a New York courtroom on Friday to seek approval for its class action settlement for the rootkit fiasco, its Canadian arm is now facing several Canadian class action suits.  The Merchant Law Firm, based in Calgary, launched class action suits in both the Ontario […]

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January 5, 2006 6 comments News