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Here Comes Lawful Access

Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler spoke to a group of police organizations today and pledged to move forward this fall on the lawful access initiative.  Cotler apparently indicated that there will be a memo to cabinet on the matter in September with legislation likely to quickly follow.  For those who […]

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August 18, 2005 35 comments News

Telecom Policy Review Submissions

The Telecom Policy Review website now features dozens of submissions.  My relatively short submission (relative to the 1000 page, 24 MB zipped submission from Bell Canada) is online.  So too are submissions from CIPPIC (working with several groups) and all the other usual suspects.  Comments on the submissions are due […]

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August 16, 2005 1 comment News

Speaking Out on the Telecom Policy Review

My weekly Law Bytes column (freely available hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version) summarizes the key points in my submission to Canada’s Telecommunications Policy Review. The submission should be posted online within the next day or two [update: the submission is now online]. I argue that three principles should govern the […]

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August 15, 2005 1 comment Columns

Under Pressure

Readers of this blog may recall my June response to Graham Henderson of CRIA, who wrote a letter to the editor in which he suggested that I have a "vendetta against the recording industry" and exhibit an attack dog mentality.  The Ryerson Review of Journalism has just published an article […]

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August 10, 2005 2 comments News

Canadian iPod Purchasers to Receive Levy Refund

Apple Computer today announced that it plans to offer Canadians who purchased iPods subject to the private copying levy a refund of the levy portion of the purchase price (typically $25 per iPod).  No word yet on how they plan to do this, but reports suggest that $4 million in […]

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August 8, 2005 4 comments News