Radio Canada International's Business Sense features a 30 minute special on the music industry in Canada. Professor Geist comments on the impact of file sharing on Canadian artists, highlighting why peer-to-peer is only marginally responsible for the recent decline in record sales. (Streaming version) (Download version).
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Toward a 21st Century Canadian Cultural Policy
Professor Geist's weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) features part two of an examination of Canadian cultural policy. The column argues that the current Canadian culture toolkit must be recast for the 21st century by adapting it to emerging technologies and to […]
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Professor Geist's weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines Bill S-9, a new Canadian copyright bill steaming through the Senate. The column argues that the bill, which focuses on copyright in photographs, not only undermines consumer rights and privacy, but also fails […]
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