News of the Week; June 27, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Net Neutrality and NAFTA: Canadian Government Says It Will Address U.S. Policy Should Harms Arise (Michael Geist) AT&T Successfully Derails California’s Tough New Net Neutrality Law California net neutrality bill gutted as lawmakers cave to AT&T lobbyists California’s Quest For Tough Net Neutrality Not Dead Yet Bill to save net […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Internet and Elections News Continue – with a Newspaper Appearance!
Hi everyone, INTERNET AND ELECTION NEWS CONTINUE Although, we all addressed Canada’s lack of involvement in invasive data use especially in light of what happened with Cambridge Analytics and their use of Facebook data in order to help the Republicans win the US presidential election, it turns out some Canadians are not totally incapable of […]
Crypto Currency Crime
I recently found two articles highlighting how virtual cash or crypto currency can be a tool to gain illegal economic advantages. The first example is with cyber thieves using virtual cash for money laundering. In fact Dr McGuire drawing from an early 2018 study stated that “between $80bn (£57bn) and $200bn of cash generated by […]
CEO of Firm that modified Blackberry, Samsung phones to ‘knowingly’ help drug cartels evade police is indicted
Two recent news stories regarding cellphone technology relate to personal privacy rights. First, Phantom Secure is a company that sells modified BlackBerry and Samsung phones, has been accused of “knowingly” selling products to drug gangs in order to help them evade law enforcement. Vincent Ramos, CEO of the company along with four associates have been indicted. […]
Question of the Week (Classes 10 & 11): Should Canadian ownership of telecommunications companies continue to be required?
This week the United States blocked the takeover of Qualcom, a U.S. company by Broadcom, a Singaporean company, ostensibly on national security grounds. Canada has had Canadian ownership rules in both broadcasting and telecom in place for a very, very long time. For years it appeared that the Canadian government was planning to allow non-Canadians […]
‘Black Tech’ facial recognition glasses
Hi everyone, I came across more AI news ! A local checkpoint in Beijing has just started using new technology , smart glasses that can pick up facial features and car registration plates, and match them in real-time with a database of suspects. The glasses are AI powered and if the glasses pick up anyone on […]
