As reported on Michael Geist’s blog, a Canadian ISP is actively considering and promoting a three strike policy against its own users. For those who are unfamiliar with the three-strike policy that Quebecor is suggesting…
Last week I met with Mitch Kowalski of the Legal Post. He mentioned our conversation earlier today on the site, which is the kick in the butt I needed to do my own write-up on…
Michael Geist has an article in the Toronto Star on tech related issues from the past year. There was rarely a dull moment over the past twelve months in law and technology with no shortage…
Here are the slides from a talk I gave on Dec. 1 at the Schulich School of Business in a session held for practicing marketers. Social Media And Politics (12/1/08) View SlideShare presentation or Upload…
Neville Hobson, a communications and tech guru, has a recent post on digital IP and how it applies to our globalized world, One topic I’ve written about before in this blog is copyright, prompted in…
It’s not the first time a city or location is suing for intellectual property in its name. But it’s probably the first time a major blockbuster has been the target of the lawsuit. The city…
Check out my post about CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy on the recently launched IP Osgoode wesbite. I wrote it as an assignment for my IP law class with professor D’Agostino.
The music industry which includes songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels, believes it is increasingly being shortchanged through technological advances, namely the internet and applicable software, which facilitate the sharing, transferring, dissemination of files and…
Obamania… Mania.. in the House With the U.S. presidential elections only days away now, it seems we might just have a president that is more popular abroad than he is at home for the first…
Movie producers often attempt to purchase the rights of real stories they want to turn into film. However, media sources reporting events have no copyright interest in the facts they are reporting. A recent American…
Eric Goldman, Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law and Director of the school’s High Tech Law Institute, has a post on a recent American decision involving search engine optimization and…
Google Chrome is expected to give IE and FIrefox a run for their money. Google has changed its position on open source software several times this month. One feature that has drawn attention are its…
