News of the Week; February 28, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 8: The Ineffectiveness of Website Blocking (Michael Geist) The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 9: Why it Violates Canadian Net Neutrality Rules (Michael Geist) The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 10: Why […]
News of the Week; February 21, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 4: Absence of Court Orders Would Put Canada At Odds With Almost Everyone (Michael Geist) The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 5: The Inevitable Expansion of the Block List Standard for “Piracy” Sites (Michael Geist) The […]
Class 9 Slides
Here they are… Jon
The Internet of Things and Privacy
Lee and I will be discussing the Internet of Things (IoT) and Privacy. We’ll be looking at the concept of privacy, the Canadian privacy regime, growth in IoT technology and concerns, and potential solutions (including a discussion of the EU’s GDPR) The following video provides a bit of background on the subject:
And the Award Goes to ..
Hi everyone, With the Oscars this past Sunday I thought it would be interesting to see what the TV ratings were for such a major awards show. It turns out that no matter how big the event – streaming seems to be taking over the TV industry and its nothing different from what we have […]
News of the Week; February 14, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Trudeau Puts An End to the Netflix and ISP Tax Debate: “Consumers…Pay Enough for Their Internet” (Michael Geist) The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 1: Canada’s Current Copyright Law Provides Effective Anti-Piracy Tools (Michael Geist) The Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 2: […]
Runnymede Society Debate: Is Net Neutrality a Threat to Innovation?
Am honoured to have been asked to moderate this debate on Net Neutrality tomorrow in Room 104 of the Allard School of Law. The speakers will be Tom Struble, Counsel at R Street in Institute in Washington, DC, and Ian Bell, internet entrepreneur. Hope to see you there. Jon
Role of Search Engines in a Democratic Discourse
Last course, we touched on what should be the role of search engines (private entities) in showing links on the results pages. Not only the search engines designed algorithms to provide the more relevant information based on their own “editing choice”, but they tend to personalize the results based on the user’s profile. I wonder […]
Class 8 Slides
Here they are. A post facto remix of slides for my improvised talk today. Laura & Claudio’s as delivered. Back to Part 3 of broadcasting policy next week. Am also extending “Question of the Week” to two so that we can get a bit deeper into Canadian Content before you answer. Jon
