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Election Questions

While Sam Bulte provides some election answers, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has posed a series of new questions to the political parties.  I must admit that I find the questions incredibly disappointing.  The AUCC chose to ask essentially the same question in nine different ways.  That […]

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December 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

Competing Visions of Tech Law in Canada

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) continues its focus on the current election campaign, arguing that the political parties should present their vision for the future of the Internet in Canada. While it is tempting to introduce a long list of policy questions (as CIPPIC […]

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December 12, 2005 1 comment Columns

EFF and CIPPIC Launch Online Rights Canada

There is exciting news today for those concerned with a public interest perspective on a range of online issues.  The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic have jointly announced the creation of Online Rights Canada, a new grassroots organization focused on technology and information […]

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December 9, 2005 1 comment News

Sony Commentaries

With the Sony rootkit story continuing to make news, there has been a raft of important commentary on the incident. Two of note from today – the New York Times runs an op-ed from Damian Kulash, lead singer of the group OK Go.  Kulash speaks out against DRM (noting the […]

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December 6, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

The Liberal Tech Law Record: 2004-05

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version) examines the Liberal minority government' s record on technology law issues.  I suggest that much like the underlying policies themselves, the record is a mixed bag.  It falls into three groups of developments: (i) completed policies; (ii) policies that […]

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December 5, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns