Don’t Let Cybersquatters Steal Your Name
It would be an embarrassing surprise if you woke up one day to find that your personal website was now a dating service, or worse, selling porn or prescription drugs. Well that’s precisely what has…
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Canadian ISP Considers Three Strike Policy
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…
Facebook and Law Profs, and We got Scooped
It’s been a couple weeks (we’ve been busy), but Mitch Kowalski of the Legal Post caught an interesting post over at Volokh again. And yes, he rubs it in that he scooped us on it. …
Proposition 8 Maps on Who Donated
With privacy issues dominating the blawgosphere this week, here is an interesting development that might raise some eyebrows. Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage in California in the last federal election in the U.S., has…
Court: No Expectation of Privacy in our Online Identity
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that Canadians have no expectation of privacy in their online identity. In a St. Thomas-area child porn case, the police asked Bell Canada for a customer’s name…
Why Do Law Student Blogs Struggle in the Long-Term?
A couple weeks ago, Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy raised the issue of what he perceived as the decline of law student blogs. We know the folks at Volokh focus on American content, so…
Sysomos Has Your Info, and Has Some Interesting Results
Yesterday, Nicole Baute of the Toronto Star covered a new social networking analysis company, Sysomos. The Canadian company gathers data from Twitter, Facebook, and 30 million blogs. Yes, 30 million. It’s a new start-up by…
Law Students Can Network with Lawyrs
Devin Johnston, a second-year law student at the University of Manitoba, predicts the death of Facebook within three years. A major reason is alternative social media platforms that will compete with it more effectively. I’ve…
First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference
The First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference is being held this morning at UofT law. The session is being broadcasted live to viewers across the world. Notes from the session can be found below. Dr….
YouTube Video Entered as Evidence in B.C. Trial
The B.C. Supreme Court entered a YouTube video of a Victoria man yesterday, the first time the Crown has done so in that province. “AR-15 Makes Swiss Cheese Out of a Couch,” now removed from…
Could Osgoode Law Students Sue Over Strike?
Most of our readers would be aware of the ongoing strike at York University led by CUPE 3903. York administrators have also indicated serious financial difficulties. What people may not have realized is that the…
The “Letters” of the Law for 2008
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…