Jon Festinger
News of Week; April 25, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY F-Word in Live Sports Broadcasts Should be Avoided, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Discussion about Sex Shops Was Acceptable Before 9:00 pm, Says Canadian Broadcast Standards Council Wait for it: Government to clarify anti-spam law – eventually Government Response to CASL Report Released Government Response Suggests No Appetite for Canadian […]
News of the Week; April 18, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Former FCC Broadband Advisory Panel Chair Arrested For Fraud Ajit Pai’s ex-broadband advisor arrested on charge of forging fiber contracts: Ex-CEO and committee chair accused of defrauding investors with fake contracts. Broadband adviser picked by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai arrested on fraud charges: Elizabeth Pierce allegedly tricked investors into pouring […]
News of the Week; April 11, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canadian Internet Providers Warn of Site Blocking Consequences: Threat to Affordable Internet Access and Market Competition (Michael Geist) CRTC Website Blocking Submissions Confirm Over-Blocking Risks: “Every Blocking Technique Suffers from Over-blocking and Under-blocking” (Michael Geist) Broken Record: Why the Music Industry’s Secret Plan for iPhone Taxes, Internet Tracking and Content […]
News of the Week; April 4, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression: Website Blocking Plan “Raises Serious Inconsistencies” With Canada’s Human Rights Obligations (Michael Geist) Conservative MP on Bell Site Blocking Plan: “Canadians Should be Concerned” (Michael Geist) Telus’ Website Blocking Submission: No Copyright Expertise Needed and No Net Neutrality Violation if Everyone is Doing […]
“Life As A Game: Legal Consequences of A.I. Individuated MEdia” @ More Than Just Game lV, April 5, 2018, London U.K.
This past week I once again had the pleasure of giving a talk at fourth annual “More Than A Game ” conference in the U.K. As seems to always be the case, the ideas for the talk were germinated during this course as well as during Video Game Law during the fall semester. So considerable […]
News of the Week; March 28, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Coalition Featuring Google, Amazon, GoDaddy and CogecoPeer1 Warn Against Canadian Site Blocking Plan: Lost Jobs, Stifled Innovation (Michael Geist) Outlier, Part 2: What is the CBC Doing Supporting Website Blocking? (Michael Geist) For Ottawa, CRTC decision marks another failed effort at fixing wireless affordability (Michael Geist) Back to Bains: Why […]
Video & Slides from Runnymede Society Debate: “Is Net Neutrality a Threat to Innovation?”
To add to this week’s net neutrality “intensive”, below you will find (with permission from all) the video and slides from the debate put on by the Runnymede Society which I moderated at the Allard School of Law on March 6, 2018. Both speakers, Ian Bell and Tom Struble were terrific and well worth listening […]
Class 12 Slides
Here they are… Jon
Questions of the Week (Class 12)
On the occasion of our final class of the semester (I will be in the U.K. speaking at a conference put on by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London (https://www.morethanjustagame.london/mtjg-london-iv-programme), it seems only fair to re-ask a series of questions that we examined throughout the course. This gives everyone a […]
News of the Week; March 21, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Outlier: Why Bell’s Leadership on Website Blocking Places It at Odds With Telecom Companies Around the World (Michael Geist) Dialling Up the Bell Lobbying Playbook: Production Company Website Blocking Submissions Using Identical Script (Michael Geist) The Justice Department, AT&T-Time Warner trial is underway Ex-DOJ Officials Raise Trump, AT&T Merger Interference […]
