The recent Paris terror attacks shouldn’t stop the new Liberal government from re-examining Canada’s privacy and surveillance policies, argues Michael Geist, the Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa.
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The Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: The TPP is a Canadian Digital Policy Failure
University of Ottawa prof and Internet law expert Michael Geist explains why the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of Canada’s worst-ever policy moves.
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Linda Tirado writes that whatever the language used as an excuse for turning public benefits into private profits, we should know better than to consider it credible:Given how much I had heard my whole life abo…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: TPP Text Confirms Massive Loss to Canadian Public Domain
The just released Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text confirms the “extension of the term of copyright to life of the author plus an additional 70 years.” For Internet law expert Prof Michael Geist, that’s a massive, costly “blow to access to Canadian heritage.” The post Michael Geist: TPP Text Confirms Massive
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: Real Change on Digital Policy May Take Time Under New Liberal Government
Law professor and copyright expert Michael Geist suggests that the new Liberal government may wait until 2017 before implementing significant change to Canada’s telecom, broadcast, copyright, and privacy policies. The post Michael Geist: Real Change on Digital Policy May Take Time Under New Liberal Government appeared first on The Canadian
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: How the TPP Puts Canadian Privacy at Risk
Internet law expert Michael Geist explains how the Trans Pacific Partnership deal’s “several anti-privacy measures” would restrict the government’s ability to safeguards Canadian’s privacy rights, and sensitive personal information such as financial and health data. The post Michael Geist: How the TPP Puts Canadian Privacy at Risk appeared first on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Edward Keenan writes that a lack of affordable child care is the crucial financial pressure facing families across the income spectrum. And Michael Wolfson discusses the dangers of talking about taxes in a vacuum without recognizing what we lose by failing to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue
Internet expert and Uof Ottawa prof Michael Geist discusses the “most fundamental digital issue” missing from the 2015 federal election conversation – “universal, affordable broadband Internet access.” The post Michael Geist: Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Michael Geist: Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue
Internet law expert and University of Ottawa prof, Michael Geist, argues that Internet privacy and Harper’s draconian anti-terror Bill C-51 should be key 2015 federal election issues. The post Michael Geist: Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Canadian Music Industry Hit With Competition Complaint Over Public Domain Recordings
The internet we love is based on creators being able to freely, cheaply, and easily share their work! #SaveTheLink Article by Michael Geist Earlier this year, I wrote about the secret campaign by major record labels and publishers to stop the release of public domain recordings, most notably Beatles records that outsold the offerings
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Conservatives Agree to Censor Internet In Latest Trade Negotiations
The Conservatives seem to be tying to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement one of Harper’s legacy items. After the election call the Conservatives moved to change “caretaker” rules in order to continue negotiating this trade agreement. It appears now that the Conservatives are so much in a rush to get the TPP signed […]
Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Hiltzik discusses how corporate apologists are trying (but failing) to minimize the existence and importance of income inequality. Lawrence Martin notes that the rest of Canada’s economic indicators are similarly signalling that Conservative dogma is of absolutely no use in the real
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Is Canada Set to Cave on Copyright Term Extension in the TPP?
If Canada caves on copyright term extension in the TPP, the country will be condemned to “20 years of no new works entering the public domain”. University of Ottawa professor and Internet law expert, Michael Geist, explains. The post Is Canada Set to Cave on Copyright Term Extension in the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: The real deal about the TPP’s implications for the rights of Canadians
The TPP threatens Canada’s privacy, copyright and patent laws. Speak out now at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade agreement that encompasses nearly 40 per cent of world GDP, heads to Hawaii later this month for ministerial-level negotiations. read
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sam Becker discusses the economic harm done by growing inequality, while Alexandra Zeevalkink previews Katharine Round’s upcoming documentary on the issue. And Carol Goar argues that Canadians are eager for leadership to ensure that everybody shares in our country’s wealth. – Meanwhile, Laura
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Another bill that will reshape Canada’s privacy law
More bad news for Canadians. Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star A budget implementation bill is an unlikely — and many would say inappropriate — place to make major changes to Canadian privacy law. Yet Bill C-59, the government’s 158-page bill that is set to sweep through the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Ottawa Citizen rightly slams Stephen Harper for failing to take climate change and energy policy seriously, while Mel Hurting points out Harper’s general economic failures in relying on dirty resource extraction rather than trying to build a cleaner and stronger economy. And
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Canadians, beware of the TPP
The TPP would criminalize your online activity, invade your privacy, and cost you money. Speak out now at Stopthesecrecy.net Article by Michael Geist Canada’s business community has mobilized in recent weeks to call on the government to adopt a more aggressive, engaged approach with respect to the biggest trade negotiations on the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Extending the term of copyright will harm Canadian economy
Canadians will bear the costs of the new copyright extension, with less choice and higher prices. Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star The Conservative government’s budget this week included benefits for some families, assistance for seniors and future tax reductions for small businesses. While those measures were widely
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canada’s copyright term extension for sound recordings taxes public, enriches record labels
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Jeremy Malcolm explains why Harper’s new plan to extend copyright terms for sound recordings is “thoroughly misguided” The post Canada’s copyright term extension for sound recordings taxes public, enriches record labels appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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