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Michael Geist

Michael Geist

Dr. Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge University in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York, and a Doctorate in Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School.

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Canada : Liberals To Drop Controversial Copyright Lobby Spyware Amendments

With the Industry Committee now scheduled to contact its final clause-by-clause review of Bill C-27 on Wednesday, sources in the Liberal Party advise that its MPs plan to withdraw several controversial copyright lobby-inspired amendments to the computer (...)

21 oct. 2009 | | Michael Geist

Van Loan's Misleading Claims : Case for Lawful Access Not Closed

Van Loan’s Misleading Claims : Case for Lawful Access Not (...)

The push for new Internet surveillance capabilities - dubbed the "lawful access" initiative - dates back to 1999, when government officials began crafting proposals to institute new surveillance technologies within Canadian networks along with (...)

30 sep. 2009 | | Michael Geist

The Copyright Consulation : Five Weeks Left As Stakes Build

The national copyright consultation is down to the final five weeks and over the past week, there has been a growing number of op-eds and public commentary that provide Canadians with a good sense of what the traditional copyright lobby is pushing for as (...)

11 aoû. 2009 | | Michael Geist

Privacy Commissioner Finds Facebook Violating Canadian Privacy Law

Privacy Commissioner Finds Facebook Violating Canadian Privacy (...)

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its long-awaited finding (media release, finding, backgrounder) in the complaint against Facebook on a variety of privacy grounds. The complaint was launched by CIPPIC in May 2008 (note that I (...)

17 jui. 2009 | | Michael Geist

Reflecting on the Digital Economy Conference

Ottawa has played host to many digital economy-type conferences over the years. Many have the same feel with pretty much the same people saying pretty much the same thing. Yesterday’s conference titled Canada’s Digital Economy : Moving Forward (...)

24 jui. 2009 | | Michael Geist

In Search of A Canadian Digital Action Plan

In Search of A Canadian Digital Action Plan

In recent months, there has been growing support for a national digital strategy. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission explicitly identified the need for a strategy in its new media decision as have prominent leaders in the (...)

17 jui. 2009 | | Michael Geist

Cambridge Study on DRM and Freedom of Expression

Patricia Akester of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge has released a comprehensive empirical study on the effects of DRM on copyright exceptions relied upon by libraries, educators, and consumers. The (...)

29 mai. 2009 | | Michael Geist

The European ACTA Consultation

IP Watch reports on this week’s European public consultation on ACTA. European officials confirmed that ACTA is a response to the difficulty of promoting an IP enforcement agenda at the WTO and WIPO. The officials also highlighted some substantive (...)

23 avr. 2009 | | Michael Geist

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