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Copyright

P2P, Copyright and the Canadian Music Industry

Professor Geist appeared on Canada's Business Report, a nationally syndicated radio program on Thursday, January 27th to discuss P2P, copyright and the Canadian music industry. The audio of the appearance (roughly 11 minutes into the broadcast) will be online for a short period of time.

January 28, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Audio

WIPO Development Agenda Deserves Support

Professor Geist’s weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) focuses on the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda. It notes that years of international agreements have failed to balance the interests of the developed and developing worlds and have predictably led to annual […]

January 17, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Columns

Downloading Nation

The Ottawa Citizen re-runs a piece from late last year focusing on the popularity of music downloading. Professor Geist comments on the exaggerated loss claims of the Canadian Recording Industry Association and highlights the benefits of P2P distribution. Professor Geist expanded on the issue in a two-part series in the […]

January 13, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — News

Copyright and Privacy Issues in the News

Professor Geist comments on two of the hottest issues for the coming year — copyright and privacy. In a Silicon Valley North piece, he assesses the current reform situation, while in a Globe and Mail article he notes the issues raised by email privacy in the workplace.