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2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court’s Latest Endorsement of Copyright Balance and Technological Neutralityoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2022
Supreme Court of Canada on Copyright: “Copyright Law Does Not Exist Solely for the Benefit of Authors”original ↗
20 Jul 2022
19 Jul 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on Online Safetyoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2022
13 Jul 2022
The Rogers Outage Aftermath: What Else Should Be On Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s Telecom To-Do List?original ↗
12 Jul 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Canada Decisionoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2022
Responding to the Rogers Outage: Time to Get Serious About Competition, Consumer Rights, and Communications Regulationoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2022
Unequal Speech: How to Explain the Contradictory Criticism of the CRTC Radio-Canada Decision and Support for Bill C-11original ↗
7 Jul 2022
The Freedom of Expression Wake Up Call: Why the CRTC’s Radio-Canada Ruling Eviscerates the Defence of Bill C-11original ↗
5 Jul 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Borderoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2022
The Missing Bill C-18 Charter Statement: Why Did the Justice Department Remove the Document Confirming the Online News Act Includes Payments for Internet Linking?original ↗
28 Jun 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government’s Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reformoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2022
CRTC Chair Ian Scott Confirms Bill C-11 Can Be Used To Pressure Internet Platforms to Manipulate Algorithmsoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2022
My Appearance Before the Senate Transport and Communications Committee on Bill C-11: The Senate Starts Review As Bill Receives House Approvaloriginal ↗
22 Jun 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review – What “An Affront to Democracy” Sounds Likeoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2022
Bill C-11 Enters a Danger Zone: Government Shifts from Ignoring Witnesses on User Content Regulation to Dismissing Criticisms as “Misinformation”original ↗
18 Jun 2022
The Groundhog Day Privacy Bill: The Government Waited Months to Bring Back Roughly the Same Privacy Plan?!original ↗
17 Jun 2022
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Betrays Democratic Norms To Rush Bill C-11 Through Committeeoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 130: In Their Own Words – What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard About Bill C-11 Harmsoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2022
Defending the Indefensible: If Bill C-11 Won’t Pass Until the Fall, Why is the Government Cutting Off Debate and Review Now?original ↗
12 Jun 2022
Secret Law Making, the Sequel: As Youtubers Speak Out Against Bill C-11, Government Moves to End Debate, Vote Next Week on Secret Amendmentsoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2022
The Bill C-11 Effect: “Any Video on TikTok That Uses Music Could be Subject to Regulation”original ↗
8 Jun 2022
7 Jun 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Actoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2022
Nettwerk Music Group Sounds Alarm Bells on Bill C-11: “It Will Hurt Canadian Artists and Music Companies”original ↗
3 Jun 2022
Bell on Bill C-11: Limit Consumer Choice, Weaken Competition, and Legislate Access to Cheap U.S. Contentoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2022
CRTC Chair Ian Scott Confirms It Yet Again: Bill C-11 Includes Regulatory Power On User Contentoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2022
31 May 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 128: Morghan Fortier on Why Canada’s Most Successful Youtube Streaming Company is Worried About Bill C-11original ↗
30 May 2022
Why the Government’s New Telecom Policy Directive Means More of the Same for Canada’s Communications Competition Woesoriginal ↗
27 May 2022
Triggered with Cory Morgan: Professor Michael Geist explains the impacts of Canada’s Bills C-11 and C-18original ↗
26 May 2022
25 May 2022
No Comment: Government Moves to End Debate on Online News Bill Despite a No-Show from Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguezoriginal ↗
21 May 2022
19 May 2022
Is There Anything Less Convincing than CRTC Chair Ian Scott’s Empty Assurances on Bill C-11 User Content Regulation?original ↗
18 May 2022
Digging Into the Government’s Online News Act Claims, Part Two: This is “Minimal Market Intervention”?!original ↗
17 May 2022
Digging Into the Government’s Online News Act Claims, Part One: Compensation For “Use” of News Contentoriginal ↗
16 May 2022
Keeping the Bill C-11 Implementation Secret, Regulating User Content, and Citing Non-Existent Benefits: Some Reflections on the House of Commons Online Streaming Act Debateoriginal ↗
12 May 2022
The Government’s Gaslighting of the Online Streaming Act (Or Why Bill C-11 Regulates User Generated Content)original ↗
10 May 2022
Standing on a Shaky Foundation: What Lies Behind The Near-Impossible Challenge of Updating Canada’s Outdated Cancon Rulesoriginal ↗
4 May 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 127: Lucie Guibault on Canada’s Approach to Copyright Term Extensionoriginal ↗
2 May 2022
The Canadian Government Makes its Choice: Implementation of Copyright Term Extension Without Mitigating Against the Harmsoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 126: Why Canada’s Online Harms Consultation Was a Transparency and Policy Failureoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2022
Not an Outlier: What the Government’s Online Harms Secrecy Debacle Says About Its Internet Regulation Plansoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2022
The Rest of the Online Harms Consultation Story: Canadian Heritage Forced to Release Hundreds of Public Submissions Under Access to Information Laworiginal ↗
21 Apr 2022
The Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part Three: “It Does Not Put Money in the Pockets of Most Creators”original ↗
20 Apr 2022
Spiking Op-Eds: How the Government’s Online News Act is Already Leading to Media Self-Censorshiporiginal ↗
14 Apr 2022
The Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part Two: The Generational Loss of Access to Canadian Historyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2022
The Harm from Budget 2022’s Hidden Copyright Term Extension, Part One: Entry to Public Domain of Canadian Authors Lost for a Generationoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2022
Budget 2022’s Tax on Consumers: Chrystia Freeland’s Seven Year Struggle With Copyright Term Extensionoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Actoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2022
Chrystia Freeland’s Hidden Tax: How Canada Should Implement the Copyright Term Extension Buried in Budget 2022original ↗
8 Apr 2022
Just How Extreme is Bill C-18?: It Mandates Payments For Merely Facilitating Access to Newsoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2022
Taking Aim at Sharing News Online: Bill C-18 and the Government’s Misguided Requirement to Mandate Payment for Internet Linkingoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2022
Here Comes the Online News Act: Why the Government’s Media Shakedown is Bad News For Press Independence and Competitionoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United Statesoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 123: Darcy Michael on Why Bill C-11 Hurts Canada’s Digital First Creatorsoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television Systemoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2022
Bill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Five: How is “Gotta Love Trump” Cancon But Amazon’s Toronto Maple Leafs Series Isn’t?original ↗
16 Mar 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 121: The Law Is No Longer Fit For Purpose – My Appearance Before the ETHI Committee on Canadian Privacy and Mobility Dataoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2022
Bill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Four: Why the Discoverability Rules Will Harm Canadian Creators and Risk Millions in Revenuesoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2022
Bill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Three: Why the Discoverability Rules Are a Flawed Solution in Search of a Problemoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2022
The CRTC Provides an Advance Preview of Bill C-11 Regulation: Pretty Much Any Service, Anywhere, Any Terms and Conditionsoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 120: Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada’s Competition Law Problemoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2022
CRTC Calls for Increased Powers To Take a More “Interventionist” Approach on Internet Contentoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
The Urgent Need for Privacy Reform: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethicsoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 119: Canada’s Zombie Policy Proposal – Christopher Parsons on the Never-Ending Debate Over Lawful Accessoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2022
Bill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part Two: The Regulate-It-All Approach of Treating All Audio-Visual Content as a “Program”original ↗
23 Feb 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government’s Invocation of the Emergencies Actoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2022
15 Feb 2022
Lobby Harder: Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez Issues Industry Call to Action to Support Bill C-11original ↗
15 Feb 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 117: Fight for the Future’s Sarah Roth-Gaudette on Web 3 Regulation and Alternatives to Big Techoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2022
Age Verification Requirements for Twitter or Website Blocking for Reddit?: My Appearance on Bill S-210 at the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairsoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2022
Bill C-11’s Foundational Faults, Part One: The Nearly Unlimited Global Reach of CRTC Jurisdiction Over Internet Audio-Visual Servicesoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 116: Is This Podcast a Program Subject to CRTC Regulation Under Bill C-11?original ↗
7 Feb 2022
Time to Hit the Reset Button: Canadian Heritage Releases “What We Heard” Report on Online Harms Consultationoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2022
Not Ready for Prime Time: Why Bill C-11 Leaves the Door Open to CRTC Regulation of User Generated Contentoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 115: Reuven Avi-Yonah on the Past, Present and Future of Digital Services Taxesoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 114: The Citizen Lab’s Ron Deibert on Protecting Society from Surveillance Softwareoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2022
International Association of Privacy Professionals: Michael Geist Calls for More Robust Privacy Law at the IAPP Canadian Privacy Symposium, 2018original ↗
11 Jan 2022
2021
21 Dec 2021
20 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021
Should Have Seen This Coming: U.S. Raises Prospect of Retaliation Over Canada’s Digital Services Tax Plansoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2021
15 Dec 2021