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  • Michael Geist
    5:54 pm Mon, Jun 3, 2019
    The Canadian government has released the surprisingly sensible results of its extensive, year-long review of copyright law

    [Editor's note: Whenever governments review their copyright, one of two things happens: either they only listen to industry reps and then come to the "conclusion" that more copyright is always… Read the rest of the article: The Canadian government has released the surprisingly sensible results of its extensive, year-long review of copyright law

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  • Michael Geist
    2:23 pm Thu, Feb 15, 2018
    Canada's SOPA moment: Canadian telco giants pushing for site blocking without court orders

    SOPA may be a distant memory for the Internet community, but Canada now finds itself in its own SOPA moment. Telecom giant Bell leads a coalition of companies and associations in seeking support for a wide-ranging website blocking plan that could have similarly harmful effects on the Internet, representing a set-back for privacy, freedom of expression, and net neutrality. While that need not be the choice – Canada's Copyright Act already features some of the world's toughest anti-piracy laws – the government and the CRTC, Canada's telecom regulator, are faced with deciding on the merits of a website blocking plan that is best described as a disproportionate, unconstitutional proposal sorely lacking in due process.

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