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Open Forum on Bill C-60

Readers interested in Bill C-60 may be interested in an upcoming open forum on the bill being hosted by the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law on Thursday, September 29th.  Policy makers from both Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage will present their views and answer questions on the copyright reform […]

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September 21, 2005 1 comment News

WSIS, WIPO Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked version) focuses on this month's WSIS and WIPO meetings in Geneva. While the meetings are distinct, both reflect the developing world's increasing frustration with global rules that have an enormous impact on technological development everywhere yet were crafted primarily […]

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September 18, 2005 1 comment Columns

Ontario Court of Appeal Reverses Bangoura Net Jurisdiction Decision

The Ontario Court of Appeal released its much-anticipated Bangoura v. Washington Post decision yesterday, reversing the lower court' s ruling that asserted jurisdiction over the Post in a dispute over an article published in 1997. The appellate court' s reversal is welcome news since the case had the potential to […]

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September 17, 2005 1 comment News

Not a Feature

The Canadian Press covers yesterday' s CMEC conference on Bill C-60 and education.  The article includes comments from an Industry Canada official who provides assurance that "very little should change for schools under Bill C-60."  I agree.  Unfortunately, the fact that the bill does little for education and increasing access […]

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September 17, 2005 1 comment News

The Telecom and Copyright Policy Review?

Reply comments in the Telecommunications Policy Review were due on Thursday and the deadline brought yet another avalanche of submissions.  The first round generated over 100 submissions (mine here) and thousands of pages of reading material.  I decided to skip providing a reply since just reading all the submissions seems […]

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September 17, 2005 1 comment News