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Canadian Musicians Lobby for Copyright Reform

Several of Canada's best known musicians went to Parliament today to lobby for reform to the Copyright Act. While CRIA argued that the current statute hurts their industry, the economy, and artists, Professor Geist comments that the proposed reforms will directly affect millions of Canadians who may have no interest […]

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November 24, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Federal Court of Appeal Issues Englander Decision

The Federal Court of Appeal has issued its decision in the Englander case. The case involves the first PIPEDA complaint, which focused on the $2 charge for an unlisted phone number. The court overturned a lower court decision, ruling that the consent obtained by Telus was insufficient for several uses. […]

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November 22, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

CIRA Proposes New WHOIS Policy

Professor Geist’s latest Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines CIRA’s new proposed WHOIS policy for the dot-ca domain. The new policy will not publicly disclose personal information for individual registrations, though corporate and organizational registrations will typically have full information publicly posted […]

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November 22, 2004 Comments are Disabled Columns

Canada as a Download Nation

The Vancouver Sun ran a detailed article on the online music business over the weekend. Professor Geist comments on the impact of peer-to-peer on the industry, arguing that CRIA's claims are exaggerated and that retail channel changes and the popularity of DVD are responsible for much of the recent decline […]

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November 22, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Dow Jones Settles Gutnick Case

Dow Jones has announced that it has settled its defamation suit involving Joseph Gutnick. Professor Geist comments in an Associated Press story on the longterm effects of the case on Internet jurisdiction rules.

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November 15, 2004 Comments are Disabled News