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2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 49: Lilian Edwards on the Legal, Ethical and Technology Debate over Coronavirus Contact Tracing Appsoriginal ↗
4 May 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 48: Sam Trosow and Lisa Macklem on Copyright and Fair Dealing During a Pandemicoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2020
Education International: Copyright and the Battle for Fair Access | Mugwena Maluleke & Michael Geistoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2020
Federal Court of Appeal Deals Access Copyright Huge Blow As It Overturns York University Copyright Decisionoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 47: Brewster Kahle, Chris Freeland and Kyle Courtney on the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Libraryoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2020
APP Show Podcast: Is Contact Tracing Legal PLUS How Virtual Reality Will Keep Us Fit and Saneoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2020
7 Apr 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 46: Matthew Herder on the Canadian Effort to Break Down Patent Barriers to Accessing Coronavirus Medicinesoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 45: David Porter on the Benefits of Open Educational Resources as Millions Shift to Online Learningoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2020
How Canada Should Ensure Cellphone Tracking to Counter the Spread of Coronavirus Does Not Become the New Normaloriginal ↗
24 Mar 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 44: Michael Birnhack on Israel’s Use of Cellphone Tracking to Combat the Spread of Coronavirusoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 43: Heather Joseph on the Coronavirus and the Urgent Need for Open Access to Research Publicationsoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2020
12 Mar 2020
10 Mar 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 42: What Does the Canada-US-Mexico Trade Agreement Mean for Digital Policy?original ↗
9 Mar 2020
Bains’ Other Wireless Affordability Problem: The Broadcast Panel Plan for WhatsApp, Skype and Other Internet Services to Pay Canadian Broadband Taxesoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020
A CRTC Without the West: Why an MP Is Calling a Broadcast Panel Recommendation “Discriminatory” and Warning it Could Further Alienate Western Canadaoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020
Ontario’s Record Breaking, Multi-Billion Dollar Film Production Year: “A Healthy Balance Between Domestic and Foreign Production”original ↗
4 Mar 2020
The CUSMA Culture Poison Pill: Why the Broadcast Panel Report Could Lead to Millions in Tariff Retaliationoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 41: Nasma Ahmed With a Call for a Ban on Facial Recognition Technologiesoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2020
The CUSMA Cost: My Appearances Before the Standing Committees on International Trade and Industry, Science and Technologyoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2020
“We Don’t Have Any Specific Analysis”: CUSMA Negotiators Surprising Admission On Key Privacy Issuesoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2020
Broadcast Panel Chair Says Canada Already Licenses News Organizations So Why Not Internet Companies?original ↗
26 Feb 2020
25 Feb 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 40: “Copyright Term Extension is a Tax on Consumers” – Paul Heald on What Extending Copyright Term Could Mean for Canadaoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2020
Deja Vu All Over Again: Looking Back at Two Decades of Bell, Telus and Rogers Battles Over the Canadian Wireless Marketoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2020
19 Feb 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 39: “The Day I Can Offer Service, Prices Come Down” – Elliot Noss on MVNOs and the CRTC Hearing on Wireless Servicesoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2020
Broadcast Panel Commissioned Report Found Canada Ranks First Among Peer Countries in Spending on TV Production, Domestic TV Production, and Employment Per Capitaoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
The BTLR and USMCA, Part Two: Why the Broadcast Panel Recommendations Could Cost Canadians Millions in Retaliatory Tariffsoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2020
The BTLR and USMCA, Part One: Why the Broadcast Panel Recommendations Conflict With Canada’s Emerging Trade Obligationsoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2020
Higher Costs and Less Choice: Why Consumers Will Pay the Price for the Broadcast Panel’s Plans to Increase Costs of Internet Services and Sitesoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 38: Debating the Broadcast Panel Report – A Conversation with BTLR Panel Chair Janet Yaleoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2020
The Broadcast Panel Report and Discoverability of Canadian Content: Searching for Evidence of a Problemoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
Weak Walk-Back: Why Steven Guilbeault’s Reversal on Government Licensing News Sites Still Leaves a Huge Regulatory Structure in Placeoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2020
Conservative MP Dan Albas on Copyright Term Extension in USMCA: Government Needs to Mitigate Damage to Copyright Laworiginal ↗
4 Feb 2020
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault on Regulating Foreign News Sites: “What’s the Big Deal?”original ↗
3 Feb 2020
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 37: The Future of Privacy in Canada – A Conversation with Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrienoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2020
The CRTC Knows Best: Panel Report Recommends Costly Overhaul of Canadian Communications Law to Regulate Internet Sites and Services Worldwideoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2020
A Demonstrably False Premise: Why “Inevitable” Canadian Internet and Cancon Regulations Won’t Level the Playing Field, Support Canadian Stories or Save a Thriving Industryoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2020
2019
The Canadian Digital Law Decade: The Ten Most Notable Cases, Laws, and Policy Developmentsoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2019
Netflix Data Suggests Streaming Giant Spending One-Third of Canadian Revenues on Film and TV Production in Canadaoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2019
17 Dec 2019
Making the Best of a Bad Provision: Why Canada Should Work Toward a Copyright Term Extension Registration Requirementoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2019
Taking Value out of the Copyright Tariff Process: The Copyright Board’s Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff Decisionoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 35: Allen Mendelsohn on Canada’s Copyright Site Blocking Sagaoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2019
3 Dec 2019
26 Nov 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 33: “Canadian Patenting is Not Going to Drive Anything” – Aidan Hollis on New Research on Patents and Innovationoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
Fool’s Gold: Why a Federal Court Judge Was Wrong To Issue a Website Blocking Order Against GoldTVoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 32: Reflections from the Open Source Member of Parliament – A Conversation with Ex-MP David Grahamoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2019
Federal Court Short-Circuits Voltage Pictures’ Canadian File Sharing Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Strategyoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 31: Is Canadian Media in a Financial Crisis? – Marc Edge With a Different Take on What the Data Saysoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2019
Episode 30: “It’s Only Going to Get More Important” – Amanda Wakaruk and Jeremy deBeer on Crown Copyright in Canadaoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2019
Wireless Worsens: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Pricing Now Less Competitive Compared to Other Developed Economiesoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 29: Partisan Posts, Social Media, and Misinformation – Taylor Owen on What Actually Happened Online in the 2019 Electionoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2019
23 Oct 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 28: The Past, Present and Future of Open Access – A Conversation with Leslie Chanoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2019
The CBC Lawsuit, Fair Dealing and Future Reform: The Unexpected Arrival of Copyright in Election 2019original ↗
17 Oct 2019
Platforms or People?: The Liberals and Conservatives Outline Competing Visions of Internet Responsibilityoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 27: Digital Policy and Election 2019 – Laura Tribe of OpenMedia on Where the Parties Standoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2019
14 Oct 2019
What Was the CBC Thinking?: A Closer Look at the Video Clips in its Copyright Lawsuit Against the Conservative Partyoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2019
CBC Sues the Conservative Party of Canada for Copyright Infringement Citing Campaign Video, Posting Debate Excerpts on Twitteroriginal ↗
11 Oct 2019
Why Political Parties + Mass Data Collection + Religious Targeting + No Privacy Laws = Troubleoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 26: There Is No Crisis – Dwayne Winseck on the State of Canadian Communications, Media and Cultural Policyoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2019
Why Do Canada’s Political Parties Have a Hard Time Saying No to New Internet and Wireless Taxes?original ↗
3 Oct 2019
2 Oct 2019
29 Sept 2019
“A Broad and Liberal Interpretation”: The Supreme Court of Canada Expands Copyright Users’ Rightsoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2019
24 Sept 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 25: The CRTC Decision on Competitive Internet Pricing – A Conversation With George Burgeroriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
The Cultural Lobby Demands for Internet Taxes and Fees: The Forgotten Piece in Canada’s Lower Wireless and Internet Cost Puzzleoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2019
26 Aug 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 23: The WIPO BRIP Database – Rick Shera on the MEGA Experience and the Dangers of False IP Claimsoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2019
Canadian Government Consults on Expanding Pacific Trade Treaty to UK, Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailandoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 22: Navigating Intermediary Liability for the Internet – A Conversation with Daphne Kelleroriginal ↗
29 Jul 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 21: Why Canada Has Some of the World’s Highest Wireless Data Pricesoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 20: Why Canadian Universities Should Get Out of the Patent Game – Richard Gold on Canada’s Failed Research Commercialization Strategyoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 19: Canada’s Quiet Success Story – Irene Berkowitz on the Canadian YouTube Creative Sectororiginal ↗
8 Jul 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 18: Open to Open Banking?: My Appearance Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerceoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2019
What is the Point of the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review if the Government Has Already Decided What It Intends To Do?original ↗
27 Jun 2019
Better Data, Better Results: Comparing the Gap Between the Copyright Review and Heritage Study on the Music Industry’s Policy Proposalsoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2019
Ignoring the Evidence: Why the Copyright Review Was Right To Ignore the Canadian Heritage Committee Study, Part Fouroriginal ↗
25 Jun 2019
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 17: What To Do About Huawei? – Christopher Parsons Unpacks One of Canada’s Most Challenging Policy Issuesoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2019