Adam Bucci is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall taking the “Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property” course. I would like to address the impact that open source…
Category: Internet
Are ISPs Broadcasters?
A proposal to impose a levy on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Rogers and Shaw Communications Inc. to fund the creation of new media content in Canada is harmful, according…
Sound Science in the Internet Age
Scientific discourse has always been encouraged as a means of nurturing accuracy and development, but according to a recent article by Andre Picard, the internet has changed the nature of…
Should Internet Service Providers Become Information Providers for the Police?
Two recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice judgments have allowed for law enforcement agencies to obtain subscriber information from internet service providers without a warrant. In both cases police officers…
The Pirate Bay: An Ocean Away from Google?
Over an eleven day period ending last Wednesday, three lay judges and one professional judge presided over the most closely followed and polarized trials in recent Swedish history. In their…
Herdict Web: A User-Empowering Approach to Online Censorship
“Herdict.org- the Verdict of the Herd,” as introduced by ‘Shep the Sheep’ in this video, alludes to the phenomenon of real-time aggregation of information on the current status of the…