Appeared in the Toronto Star on June 23, 2008 as Spectrum Auction Bonanza Allows for Proactive Thinking Each week millions of Canadians buy lottery tickets as they "imagine the freedom" of hitting it big. While the federal government may not have won the lottery, it has certainly hit the jackpot […]
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The Canadian DMCA: Check the Fine Print
As expected, the Canadian DMCA is big, complicated, and a close model of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Industry Canada provides a large number of fact sheets here). I'll have much more to say once I've had a careful read, but these are my five key points to take […]
The Canadian DMCA: Check the Fine Print
As expected, the Canadian DMCA is big, complicated, and a close model of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Industry Canada provides a large number of fact sheets here). I'll have much more to say once I've had a careful read, but these are my five key points to take […]
CRTC Considers Dropping Mandatory Telecom Disclosures
While concern over the lack of transparency associated with Internet and telecom services has been mounting, the CRTC has just launched a public consultation on the prospect of eliminating mandatory disclosures, relying instead on market forces. The outcome of this consultation could lead to dramatic changes in what the telcom […]
Why Notice-and-Notice Should Be Part of the Canadian DMCA
One of the few good points in the expected Canadian DMCA is likely to be Industry Minister Jim Prentice's decision to stick with a notice-and-notice approach for ISP liability. I've described the system here. This is the same approach that was proposed in Bill C-60 and has been used on […]
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