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2023
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2023
24 Feb 2023
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Three: Millions Spent on Transactional Licences Demonstrate Fair Dealing is No Free For Alloriginal ↗
23 Feb 2023
Mandated Payment for Links To Cover 35% of News Expenditures?: Google Responds to Bill C-18 By Testing Blocking Links to News Contentoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2023
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: The Massive Shift to Electronic Licensingoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2023
21 Feb 2023
Why Quebec’s Demand for Changes to Bill C-11 Are A Product of Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Risky Policy Choicesoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2023
Quebec Demands Changes to Bill C-11 as it Wakes Up to the Implications of Losing Control over Digital Culture Regulationoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2023
Apologies Without Accountability: Canadian Heritage Committee Seeks Answers on Government Funding an Anti-Semiteoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate’s Bill C-11 Fix on User Content Regulationoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2023
SOCAN Tosses Senators and Digital Creators Under Legislative Bus With New Bill C-11 Misinformation Campaignoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2023
Why Margaret Atwood is Right to Criticize Bill C-11 and What the Backlash Teaches About the Risks of Challenging Government Policyoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2023
Actions Speak Louder than Words: Ministers Rodriguez and Champagne Post Mandate Letter to New CRTC Chair Vicky Eatridesoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extensionoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2023
Senate Passes Updated Bill C-11 as Heritage Minister Rodriguez Suggests Government Will Reject Any Amendments that Have an Impactoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2023
“This Law Will Be One of Scapegoating All Those Who Do Not Fit Into What Our Bureaucrats Think Canada Should Be”: Bill C-11 is Back with Stunning Rebuke From Senator David Adams Richardsoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2023
31 Jan 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 154: The House is Back – A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumesoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2023
25 Jan 2023
24 Jan 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decisionoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2023
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTCoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023
2022
21 Dec 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter Linking Restrictions May Have Been Short-Lived, But Bill C-18 is Based on a Similar Approach to Linksoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2023original ↗
19 Dec 2022
The Bill C-18 Fallout: Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner Equates Linking to News Articles on Facebook to Theftoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2022
Shakedown Complete: The Story Behind Bill C-18’s Shameful Legislative Review Process and the Race to Mandate Payment for Linksoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming – My Appearance on TVO’s The Agendaoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2022
Big Cost, Smaller Benefit: Government Modelling Pegs Likely Bill C-18 Revenues at Less Than Half of Parliamentary Budget Officer Estimatesoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2022
Scoping User Content Out of Bill C-11: Senate Committee Makes Much-Needed Change, But Will the Government Accept It?original ↗
7 Dec 2022
From Bad to Worse: Senate Committee Adds Age Verification Requirement for Online Undertakings to Bill C-11original ↗
6 Dec 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada’s Approach to Crypto Regulationoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2022
Money for Nothing: Government Quietly Expands Bill C-18 Eligibility to Broadcasters That May Not Even Produce News Contentoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2022
A Tale of Two Readouts: U.S. Escalates Trade Concerns With Canadian Digital Policy as Canada Seeks To Downplay the Issueoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2022
Freedom of Expression for a Price: Government Confirms Bill C-18 Requires Platform Payment for User Posts That Include News Quotes and Hyperlinksoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2022
Who Is the Government Really Backing With Bill C-18?: Rejected Online News Outlet Amendment Tells the Storyoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation in Bill C-27original ↗
28 Nov 2022
24 Nov 2022
No Billion Dollar Bonus: Officials Admit Most Bill C-11 Funding Isn’t New and Will Still Be Controlled by Foreign Streamersoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2022
Freedom of Expression is Not A Loophole: Responding to the Government’s Inaccurate Defence of Mandated Payments for Links in Bill C-18original ↗
21 Nov 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers – A Cancon Story of Freedom of Expression, Algorithms and Cultural Policyoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2022
Oops, He Did It Again: CRTC Chair Ian Scott Tries to Walk Back Bill C-11 Comments, But Officials Confirm Power to Regulate User Content is in the Billoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2022
Clarifying the Clarification of the Clarification: Why Yet Another Upcoming “Clarification” from CRTC Chair Ian Scott Demonstrates the Risks of Bill C-11 and Government Interferenceoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Prospect of Facebook Blocking News Sharing in Response to Bill C-18original ↗
14 Nov 2022
Independence Lost: Why Bill C-18 Undermines An Independent Press Even as It Purports to Protect Itoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2022
Register Your TikTok Videos at the CRTC?!: Commission Encourages TikTokers To Participate in Future Process on Bill C-11 Content Registrationoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada – My Appearance Before the Heritage Committeeoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2022
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Tweets Video Suggesting it Shows Creator Support for Bill C-11, But the Video Pre-Dates the Bill By Nearly a Yearoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2022
1 Nov 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Laworiginal ↗
31 Oct 2022
Making Sense of the Indifference to Bill C-18’s Cutting Out Small Media Outlets While Giving Hundreds of Millions to Bell, Rogers and the CBCoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2022
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Credibility Problem, Part Two: Misleading and Missing Data on Bill C-18original ↗
26 Oct 2022
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s Credibility Problem, Part One: The Laith Marouf/CMAC Issueoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Government Needs a Culture of Providing Information Instead of Hiding Itoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2022
Government Moves to Block Dozens of Potential Witnesses as it Shuts Down Bill C-18 Hearingsoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2022
Small Business Weak: Why Bills C-11 and C-18 Undermine the Government’s Claims of Small Business Supportoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2022
Broadcast Bonanza: PBO Says Bill C-18 Would Give a Quarter Billion to Broadcasters Such as Bell and the CBC, Less Than 25% of Payments to Canadian Newspapersoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill C-26original ↗
17 Oct 2022
Survey Says: Why the Government Reacted With Alarm to a Critical Opinion Poll on the Online News Actoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2022
Why the Canadian Film and TV Production Sector’s Bill C-11 Expectations Are Wildly Out of Touch With Global Standardsoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2022
Canadian Copyright Digital Lock Rules Finally Open to Reform?: Right to Repair and Interoperability Exceptions Advancing in House of Commonsoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2022
Blackballed With James Di Fiore: Michael Geist and Dean Blundell join James to discuss the ongoing committee hearings re Bill C-11original ↗
6 Oct 2022
When Government Investigates Its Critics: Why the Bill C-11 Witness Intimidation Issue is About Far More than a Strategically Timed Leakoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2022
Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandateoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Five – My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritageoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2022
Bill C-11 Goes Off The Rails Amid Charges of Witness Intimidation and Bullying by Government MPsoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Online and the Laith Marouf Incidentoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2022
Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Four: Undermining Canadian Copyright Law and International Copyright Treaty Obligationsoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2022
Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Three: Unprecedented Government Intervention into a Sector Where Independence is Essentialoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2022
Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Two: Encouraging Clickbait and Low Quality Journalism With No “News Content” Standardsoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2022
Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part One: The Risk to Free Flow of Informationoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2022
The Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part Four: The Risks of a Trade Challenge and Tariff Retaliationoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
The Bill C-11 Hearings Are Back, Part Three: The Risks of Higher Consumer Costs, Less Competition, and Little New Money for Film Productionoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
Misleading on Bill C-11: Why Did the CRTC Sit on the Radio-Canada Decision For Nearly Eight Months?original ↗
14 Sept 2022
12 Sept 2022
Why Have So Many Cabinet Members Still Not Spoken Out on Stopping Government Funding for an Anti-Semite?original ↗
2 Sept 2022
Silent No More: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather Calls on All 338 MPs to Speak Out on Anti-Semitism and Ensuring No Government Funding for Anti-Semiteoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2022
A Failure of Responsibility: My Reflections on Canadian Heritage Funding an Anti-Semite and Being Wrongly Called Racist by a Sitting MPoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Actoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2022
Culture At A Crossroads: Michael Geist on Canada’s Online Streaming Bill and its Implicationsoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the Rogers Outageoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2022
The Staffieri or Scott Quiz: Can You Tell the Difference Between the Rogers CEO and the CRTC Chair?original ↗
27 Jul 2022