Michael Geist

...both to facilitate immediate competition and to pave the way for more foreign bidders in the next round of spectrum auctions. Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of...

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Michael Geist, an Internet law professor at the University of Ottawa, thinks there is so much wrong with trade negotiations on anti-counterfeiting. The least of which is that the dozens of countries participating in anti-counterfeiting...

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Instead, it would appear that a made-in-Canada approach would give way to decisions made last week at secret meetings in Seoul. Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at University of Ottawa, Faculty of...

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...designer handbags to digital downloads of video. On the Internet portion of the proposed treaty, legal professors, including Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa, say that it appears to allow content producers, such as movie studios,...

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...to disabled people; for archival preservation; because you own the copyrighted work that is locked up with DRM) Professor Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at University of Ottawa, writes that the...

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...all, a number of governments have been fighting to keep the details secret. But according to Canadian law professor and campaigner Michael Geist, leaked details of the talks suggest that a global three strikes policy could be on the way and...

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...ISPs for failing to stop their subscribers from illegally sharing copyright-protected material such as music and movies. In Canada, Michael Geist writes: If accurate (and these provisions are consistent with the U.S. approach for the past...

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...consumer choice may best reflect the needs of a television universe scarcely imagined when the Broadcasting Act was first drafted. Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa,...

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...changes. "The CRTC has created some significant conditions on what they see as appropriate ways ISPs may manage their networks," said Michael Geist, professor of Internet law at the University of Ottawa. He said that ISPs will have to...

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...allowed to send unsolicited e-mails to drum up business through third-party referrals. "They're pulling back on three big ones," Michael Geist, a specialist in Internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, said Monday after Mr....

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