Legal Commentary

Is secret favouritism ruining Net?

Posted on January 14, 2008
For the London Free Press - January 14, 2008 Read this on Canoe Net neutrality is a topic that continues to simmer and remain a going concern for some Internet activists, while for others, including Internet service providers (ISPs), it's...

Fair Copyright For Canada - local groups

Posted on January 10, 2008
Between Christmas holidays and access problems caused by moving the blog to a new server resulting in firewall problems, I haven't posted much lately. For those interested in copyright reform and the expected copyright bill, check out and join the...

Prediction: Copyright reform a hot button

Posted on January 07, 2008
For the London Free Press Read this on Canoe For this first column of 2008, I will hazard some predictions for the coming year. The upcoming copyright reform bill will cause some heated debates. Expectations are that the bill will...

Happy Holidays

Posted on December 20, 2007
The above image from our HP firm card is subject to copyright - not to be reproduced...

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Nothing illegal about leaking sales on Net

Posted on December 17, 2007
For the London Free Press - Dec 17, 2007 Read this on Canoe The early publication of sales flyer pricing deals by websites has resulted in legal controversy. Some retailers don't like it when their deals for days such as...

Copyright bill delayed

Posted on December 15, 2007
I have been remiss in not posting on the delay in the Copyright bill. (My blog has been moved to a new server, which has resulted in some temporary internal access issues.) For those of you who have not been...

If I was in Charge...

Posted on December 13, 2007
Maybe I just need a break (I'm glad the Christmas holidays are coming), but a few things have been bugging me lately. So here goes my miscellaneous rant. There would be no Canadian DMCA, ie no legal protection for DRM,...

Privacy protection should be stressed

Posted on December 10, 2007
For the London Free Press - December 10, 2007 Read this on Canoe Many serious leaks of personal information result not from the lack of policies and procedures to prevent it, but from the carelessness or lack of thought or...

Copyright reform anticipated to be worse than expected

Posted on December 07, 2007
Michael points out that it looks like the things we shouldn't have in copyright reform will be intoduced in the upcoming bill, but the things we should have are being deferred for years for further study. Lets hope the continued...

Data breach leads to card company demise

Posted on December 06, 2007
David Fraser points to an article saying that credit-card processor CardSystems Solutions Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection. Seems that its demise can be traced back to a hacker's theft of personal information from its systems. Privacy advocates often talk...

UK ISP explains its traffic shaping/net neutrality approach

Posted on December 04, 2007
Techdirt posts about how one UK ISP is very open about how and why it traffic shapes. One issue in the net neutrality debate (the fear that ISP's will prioritize/degrade certain traffic based on their desire to promote certain services...

Identity theft bill will help in battle

Posted on December 03, 2007
For the London Free Press - December 3, 2007 Read this on Canoe The federal government just introduced proposed amendments to the Criminal Code to provide more tools to fight identity theft. This bill is a welcome addition to fight...

Today is Computer Security Day

Posted on November 30, 2007
Outlaw.com points out that today is the 9th annual Computer Security Day. Of course, every day should be computer security day. The Computer Security Day web site has a list of things you can do to increase and promote security....

More on copyright reform

Posted on November 28, 2007
Michael Geist has a post that is a good, short summary of what is expected in the pending Canadian copyright reform bill, and why the anticipated approach is wrong. Only time will tell what the actual bill will look like....

Reckless data handling & new identity theft law

Posted on November 27, 2007
itWorldCanada has an article today about the part of the proposed identity theft law that would make it a crime to be "reckless" about making personal information available to one who intends to use it for fraud. I am quoted...

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