BC’s Privacy Commissioner has announced that the release of his report on privacy and outsourcing will be delayed until late October. The Commissioner needs more time to deal with the more than 500 submissions he received on the issue.
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A Balanced Approach on Copyright Reform
With news today that a coalition of education groups have held a press conference to call for balanced copyright reform, University Affairs, the Canadian university and colleges publication, publishes an opinion essay by Professor Geist on how Canada can best achieve that balance.
South Africa Spends Thousands to Obtain Southafrica.com Domain
A South African government official has acknowledged that the country has spent roughly 1 million rand in trying to obtain the southafrica.com domain. The legal action has not resulted in a transfer of the domain.
Cable Break Interrupts Internet Service in Guyana
Thousands of Guyanese were without Internet access last week after a submarine broke a cable in French Guiana. The country’s telecommunications provider has blocked ISPs from establishing satellite links, claiming a monopoly on voice and data services.
A Tale of Two Sectors (and One Disruptive Technology)
Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines this week’s Canadian hearings into VoIP regulation. The column contrasts the approach of the content industries to peer-to-peer with that of the telecommunications sector noting that one perceives P2P as the worst of […]
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CRTC Approves Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Exemption Deal 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 217: David Fraser on the Privacy Implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s Facebook Ruling 
When Antisemitism No Longer Shocks 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 216: Game Changer or More of the Same? Patrick Leblond on the New Global E-Commerce Agreement 
Is Meta Offside the Online News Act? The CRTC Wants to Know.
