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Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada
For years, Canada resisted extending the term of copyright beyond the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years. That appears to hav…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 77: The Complexity of Internet Content Regulation - A Conversation with CIPPIC's Vivek Krishnamurthy
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault seems set to table another bill that would establish Internet content regulations, including requirement…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 76: Higher Consumer Costs and Less Choice - My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee on Broadcasting Act Reform
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage last week started what it is calling a pre-study on Bill C-10, the Broadcasting Act reform bill. The hear…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 75: The Digital Taxman Cometh
Digital tax policy has emerged as major issue around the world. Canada is no exception. Late last year, the Canadian government announced plans to ac…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation
The Law Bytes podcast took a breather over the holidays and into early January, but there seemingly is no break for digital policy issues. Over the p…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 73: The Broadcasting Act Blunder - Why Minister Guilbeault is Wrong
Canada is currently considering major reforms to how it regulates Internet services. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s Bill C-10 would d…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 72: Emily Laidlaw on the Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities Behind Canada's Privacy Reform
Canada’s new privacy bill is only a couple of weeks old but it is already generating debate in the House of Commons and careful study and commentary …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 71: Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada's New Privacy Bill
It has taken many years, but Canada finally appears ready to engage in an overhaul of its outdated private sector privacy law. Earlier this month, th…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 70: "It's Massive Free Distribution" - Village Media's Jeff Elgie on Why His Company Opposes Lobbying Efforts to Establish a Licence for Linking to News Stories
News Media Canada, the lobby group representing the major newspaper publishers in Canada recently launched a new campaign that calls for the creation…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government's Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services
Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault introduced Bill C-10, legislation that would significantly reform Canada’s Broadcasting Act. …
4 years, 11 months ago