The Toronto Star features a special edition of my Law Bytes column (HTML backup version, freely available hyperlinked version; Toronto Star reg. version) reflecting on Monday's Grokster decision. I argue that while the highest court in the U.S. unanimously ruled that two file sharing services, Grokster and Streamcast, can be sued for actively encouraging copyright infringement by their users, the decision is not the clear cut win its supporters suggest.
Post Tagged with: "cria Copyright Microsite – Copyright VideoCopyright ColumnsCopyright Microsite – Canadian CopyrightCopyright Microsite – Music Industry"

Law Bytes
Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologies
byMichael Geist

March 16, 2026
Michael Geist
March 2, 2026
Michael Geist
February 23, 2026
Michael Geist
February 9, 2026
Michael Geist
Search Results placeholder
Recent Posts
The Hidden Lawful Access Tradeoff: How Bill C-22 Lowers the Evidentiary Standards for Police Access to Subscriber Information
The Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22’s Expansive Metadata Retention Requirements
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologies
Government Enacts Political Party Anti-Privacy Rules With Bill C-4 Royal Assent Sprint
A Tale of Two Bills: Lawful Access Returns With Changes to Warrantless Access But Dangerous Backdoor Surveillance Risks Remain
