Last week on May 7th, I had the pleasure of attending the 26th annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon. Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous American landscape designer and the father of American landscape architecture, designed many renowned urban parks, including...
michaelgeist.ca -The Hill Times runs a special op-ed (Hill Times version (sub req), homepage version) I wrote that outlines an alternative policy path for the Conservatives on copyright. If the Ottawa rumour mill is correct, Industry Minister Jim Prentice will introduce copyright reform legislation in the next few weeks. The d more »
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michaelgeist.ca - As Industry Minister Jim Prentice prepares to introduce new copyright legislation, crown copyright is unlikely to be part of the reform package. My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes that according to documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, there may be a disturbing reason behind the government's reluctance more »
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martinstabe.com/blog -Nice idea, but this would run into a few legal problems here in the UK... more »
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michaelgeist.ca -A promising new forum for Canadian copyright debate. more »
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michaelgeist.ca -Canwest features a story on possible copyright reform, focusing on the lobbying from the U.S. government - including a forthcoming trip to the U.S. by members of the IP Caucus - and the continued concern of thousands of Canadians. more »
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www.markblevis.com -Violation of the site’s terms of use notwithstanding, a Brandon, Manitoba teen is facing several criminal charges for impersonating one of his teachers in Facebook. The charges relate to impersonation with criminal intent. Let’s get a few things out of the way. I haven’t seen the Facebook profile in question, nor am I an expert in [...] more »
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feld.com -When I read the NY Times Article In One Flaw, Questions on Validity of 46 Judges my immediate response was to break out laughing. Then I said - out loud - "no fucking way." Then I laughed some more. John Duffy, a law professor at George Washington University Law School just might be my new hero. According to the NY Ti more »
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michaelgeist.ca -As Industry Minister Jim Prentice prepared to introduce copyright legislation earlier this year, the Conservatives unveiled a new policy that committed to a 21 day House of Commons review period of any treaty prior to the introduction of any ratifying legislation. I argued that this would seemingly apply to the WIPO Internet treaties and that the governme more »
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michaelgeist.ca -The Hill Times features a special op-ed I wrote based on my presentation last week at the Public Policy Forum's conference on intellectual property. Getting Beyond Canada's Copyright Myths (Hill Times version (sub required), homepag more »
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