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2015

The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Why Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings Could Cost Consumers Millionsoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2015
Copyright For Sale: How the Sony Documents Illustrate the Link Between the MPAA and Political Donationsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2015
Race to the Bottom: Why Government Tax Credits For Film and TV Production Don’t Payoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2015
Tax Credits for Film and TV Production a Race to the Bottomoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2015
Nobody’s Perfect: Leaked Contract Reveals Sony Requires Netflix To Geo-Block But Acknowledges Technology Is Imperfectoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2015
Canada’s Non-Commercial Copyright Fail: Why Did YouTube Mute a Holocaust Memorial Video?original ↗
15 Apr 2015
Back to the Drawing Board: Bell Drops Opt-Out Targeted Ad Programoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2015
Why Bell’s Opting-Out Approach Isn’t Good Enoughoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2015
The Copyright Notice Flood: What to Consider If You Receive a Copyright Infringement Notificationoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2015
CRTC, Competition Bureau Enforcement Actions Show Anti-Spam Law Has Teethoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2015
CRTC, Competition Bureau Enforcement of Canadian Anti-Spam Law Picks Up Steamoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2015
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Rules Bell’s Targeted Ad Program Violates Canadian Laworiginal ↗
7 Apr 2015
Conservative MP Ablonzcy on Bill C-51: Who Needs the Rule of Law?original ↗
2 Apr 2015
From Obama Birthers to Anti-Immigration Activists: Who the Government Turned to for Bill C-51 Support During Committee Hearingsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2015
We Can’t Hear You: The Shameful Review of Bill C-51 By the Numbersoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2015
Quebec Takes on the Internet: Government Announces Plans to Require Website Blocking & Studies New Internet Access Taxoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2015
Why the Crull Controversy Is a Symptom of Bell’s Bad Bundles Betoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2015
What On Earth is Happening at Bell?original ↗
25 Mar 2015
Bell’s Crull Banned CRTC Chair Blais From CTV News Coverage Following TalkTV Decisionoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2015
A Conversation About Bill C-51: How the Anti-Terrorism Bill Undermines Canadian Privacyoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2015
Privacy Under Attack in Anti-Terror Billoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2015
Why the Vertically Integrated TV Giants Are the CRTC’s Hidden Target in Pick-and-Pay Decisionoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2015
Vertically Integrated TV Giants Are the CRTC’s Hidden Targetoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2015
Beware of the Scare Tactics, Part Two: CRTC Unveils Cheap Basic Service and Pick-and-Payoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2015
Why Did the CRTC Mandate Pick-and-Pay? Because BDU’s Wouldn’t Do It On Their Ownoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2015
Beware of the Scare Tactics: CRTC To Announce Pick-And-Pay TV Todayoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2015
Defending Privacy Doesn’t Pay: Federal Court Issues Ruling in Voltage – TekSavvy Costsoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2015
When is a Copy not a Copy?: Technological Neutrality at Stake at the Supreme Court of Canadaoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2015
When the Walls Come Crumbling Down: The CRTC’s Latest TalkTV Decisionoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2015
Why The Anti-Terrorism Bill is Really an Anti-Privacy Bill: Bill C-51’s Evisceration of Privacy Protectionoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2015
Fixing the Digital Privacy Act: My Bill S-4 Appearance Before the Industry Committeeoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2015
Behind the Scenes of Ontario’s Campaign for a Netflix Taxoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2015
Behind the Scenes of Ontario’s Campaign for a Netflix Taxoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2015
Raising the Broadcast White Flag: What Lies Behind Bell’s Radical Plan to Raise TV Fees, Block Content, Violate Net Neutrality & Fight Netflixoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2015
Misuse of Canada’s Copyright Notice System Continues: U.S. Firm Sending Thousands of Notices With Settlement Demandsoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2015
Why Watching the Watchers Isn’t Enough: My Talk on Privacy, Snowden & Bill C-51original ↗
4 Mar 2015
Don’t Go Changing: The Canadian Broadcaster Fight Against Legal and Regulatory Reformoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2015
Secret Memo Reveals RCMP Records on Requests for Subscriber Data “Inaccurate and Incomplete”original ↗
2 Mar 2015
RCMP Records on Requests for Subscriber Data “Inaccurate and Incomplete”original ↗
2 Mar 2015
Rogers Executive Calls on Canadian Government to Shut Down VPNsoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2015
Be Careful What You Wish For: Bell Launches Legal Challenge Against CRTC Net Neutrality Decisionoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2015
Why the Demise of the Sun News Network May Be a Preview of Things to Comeoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2015
Why the Demise of Sun News Network May Be a Preview of Things to Comeoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2015
Citizen Four and the Canadian Surveillance Storyoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2015
“Total Information Awareness”: The Disastrous Privacy Consequences of Bill C-51original ↗
19 Feb 2015
Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Marketing Association Take Aim At Digital Privacy Act’s Consent Provisionoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2015
Why Bell’s Targeted Ad Approach Falls Short on Privacyoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2015
Why Bell’s Targeted Ad Approach Falls Short on Privacyoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2015
Why the Copyright Board of Canada Needs a Leafs-Style Tear-Downoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2015
The Nine Year Wait For Government Urgency on Privacy Reformoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2015
Why Better Oversight Won’t Fix Internet Surveillance and the New Anti-Terrorism Billoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2015
CIRA Launches New Round of Funding For Community Investment Programoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2015
CRTC Says No To Internet Fast and Slow Lanesoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2015
In Defence of the CRTC’s Super Bowl Advertising Rulingoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2015
Reports Indicate Canada Has Caved on Copyright Term Extension in TPP Talksoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2015
The Canadian Privacy and Civil Liberties Punch in the Gut (or Why CSE/CSIS Oversight is Not Enough)original ↗
3 Feb 2015
CRTC Rejects Bell Request for Private Meeting On Super Bowl Simsub Decisionoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2015
Government’s Cloud Computing Strategy Focused on Keeping Data in Canadaoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2015
“No Fast Lanes and Slow Lanes”: CRTC Rules Bell’s Mobile TV Service Violates Telecommunications Actoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2015
Is the Digital Taxman Headed to Canada?original ↗
27 Jan 2015
Is the Digital Taxman Headed to Canada?original ↗
27 Jan 2015
Stream On?: How Canadian Law Views Online Streaming Videooriginal ↗
20 Jan 2015
How Canadian Law Views Online Streaming Videooriginal ↗
20 Jan 2015
Videotron’s Odd Copyright Notices: No User Rights and Inaccurate Privacy Informationoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2015
Canada’s Copyright Notice Fiasco: Why Industry Minister James Moore Bears Some Responsibilityoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2015
Canadians Facing Barrage of Misleading Copyright Demand Notices Due Loophole in New Laworiginal ↗
12 Jan 2015
Canadian ISPs Responding to Copyright Notices By Adding Information on Notice System, Privacy Concernsoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2015
Rightscorp and BMG Exploiting Copyright Notice-and-Notice System: Citing False Legal Information in Payment Demandsoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2015
Glass Houses and Throwing Stones: Why a Canadian Anti-Piracy Firm May Need to Send Itself Copyright Infringement Noticesoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2015
New Year Offers Chance to Hit Reset Button on Digital Policiesoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2015
New Year Offers Chance to Hit Reset Button on Digital Policiesoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2015

2014

The Letters of the Law: 2014 in Tech Law and Policyoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2014
The Letters of the Law: 2014 in Tech Law and Policyoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2014
Notice the Difference? New Canadian Internet Copyright Rules for ISPs Set to Launchoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2014
Notice the Difference? New Canadian Internet Copyright Rules Set to Launchoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2014
Government Documents Reveal Canadian Telcos Envision Surveillance-Ready Networksoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2014
Government Documents Reveal Canadian Telcos Envision Surveillance-Ready Networksoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2014
Supreme Court’s Privacy Streak Comes To End: Split Court Affirms Legality of Warrantless Phone Searches Incident to Arrestoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2014
Too Little, Too Late?: Access Copyright Finally Acknowledges the Reduced Value of Its Licenceoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2014
Why Canada’s Communication Policy Misses the Forest for the Treesoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2014
Why Canada’s Communication Policy Misses the Forest for the Treesoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2014
Canada – European Union Data Sharing Agreement Sent to EU Court of Justice for Revieworiginal ↗
3 Dec 2014
What Open Government Hidesoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2014
What Open Government Hidesoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2014
The Price of Admission to the TPP Talks Revealed: U.S. Demanded Canada Pass Anti-Counterfeiting Legislationoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2014
Carol Todd on Bill C-13: “What Happened to Democracy?”original ↗
26 Nov 2014
Why Uber Has a Canadian Privacy Problemoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2014
Why Uber Has a Canadian Privacy Problemoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2014
The Spencer Effect: No More Warrantless Access to Subscriber Info With Five Minutes of Police Workoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2014
Choosing Between Privacy and Cyberbullying: My Appearance on Bill C-13 Before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committeeoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2014
The Importance of Online Anonymityoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2014
Why Does the Ontario Provincial Police Still Not Know What is in the Lawful Access Bill?original ↗
13 Nov 2014
Competition Matters: New Study Supports Government Policy Focused on Fourth Wireless Playeroriginal ↗
12 Nov 2014
Net Neutrality and Netflix Taxes: The Tension Between Government and Regulatory Agencies on Digital Policyoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2014
Competition Matters: New Study Supports Government Policy Focused on Fourth Wireless Playeroriginal ↗
11 Nov 2014
Ontario Provincial Police Recommend Ending Anonymity on the Internetoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2014
The CCTS Report on Wireless Code Violations: When Is Data on a Data Stick an “Add On”?original ↗
5 Nov 2014
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs: Michael Geist “The Internet: Do We Really Have no Privacy and Should We Just Get Over it?”original ↗
4 Nov 2014
Why the Digital Privacy Act Will Expand Personal Information Disclosure Without Court Oversightoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2014
Warrantless Access to Subscriber Information: Has the Tide Turned on Canada’s Privacy Embarrassment?original ↗
3 Nov 2014
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