Michael Geist

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IFPI Links Canada – EU Free Trade Negotiations With Copyright Reform

On the day that Canada and the European Union officially announced talks to strike a comprehensive free trade agreement, the IFPI, the international arm of the RIAA and CRIA, used the opportunity to pressure Canada to engage in copyright reform. In fact, in short commentary in European Voice, IFPI Executive […]

May 7, 2009 — 3 comments — News

C-61: A Speculative Documentary

Amit Kehar, Brian Tassilo, and Nick von Roretz, three Concordia communications students, have completed a speculative documentary that imagines a world in which Bill C-61 has become law. The documentary is narrated by Cory Doctorow with commentary from me, Laura Murray, and Kirwan Cox.

May 7, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News

Torontoist Talks To Jesse Brown

Torontoist features an interesting interview with Jesse Brown, the creator of Search Engine, which announced this week that it is moving to TVO.

May 7, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News

Canada’s Top 25 Political Blogs

I've been remiss in thanking Robert Jago for his monthly compilation of Canada's top 25 Political Blogs. This blog has been ranked at the top for the past few months but the entire list provides ample evidence that there is a wide range of informed commentary from all sides of […]

May 7, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News

European Parliament Rejects Telecom Package Due to Internet Rights Concerns

The political importance of Internet rights became apparent yet again today as the European Parliament rejected the entire Telecoms Package due to support for access to the Internet as a fundamental right (see also here and here). That amendment is a direct challenge to the three strikes approach (ie. graduated […]

May 6, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News