Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

In these politically charged times, there is a tendency to view many policy issues, whether they be same sex marriage or tax reform, through a narrow lens — left or right, blue or red, liberal or conservative. The same is true for copyright issues.

February 21, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Columns Archive

Keynote Address — Canada’s Choice: Copyright, Culture and the Internet

University of Toronto, Sound Bytes, Sound Rights Conferencelink

February 11, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Audio

Copyright and the Internet: Is There a Canadian Way?

Professor Geist spoke this week at the University of Toronto's launch of a new Open Access/Open Source project. His talk traced the history of Canadian copyright law reform and highlights the dangers in the current set of government proposals. He calls attention to the potential for positive reform that would […]

February 10, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Video

Is Canada Headed Toward a DMCCA?

Professor Geist's weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines whether Canada may be headed toward a Digital Millennium Copyright Canada Act. The column explores the risks associated with technological protection measures alongside anti-circumvention legislation and the potential that Canada may adopt DMCA-like […]

January 31, 2005 — Comments are Disabled — Columns

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