Access Copyright appears to be on the verge of successfully cowing Canadian universities into paying for their own harassment, and is doing so with the full support of the AUCC.… [more]
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Guardian (UK) Series on the "Battle for the Internet"
by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
The UK newspaper The Guardian… [more] has published a wonderful series on the future of the Internet called Battle for the Internet:
"The Guardian is taking stock of the new battlegrounds
Last week The Delimiter ran a story about the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) criticizing Australian organizations for their preference to host cloud data within Australia's borders:
A number of US companies had… [more]
Should you put a disclaimer on your re-tweets (or on your Twitter profile) that your retweeting does not necessarily mean your endorsement of the content of the message so distributed?… [more]
On March 23rd Creative Commons Canada announced a re-launch. This is essentially the formalization of three groups newly coming together to lead the Creative Commons affiliate team in Canada:
Athabasca… [more]
ABA TECHSHOW 2012 – 60 Sites in 60 Minutes (The Whole List)
by Dan Pinnington
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Again this year, the always exciting 60 Sites in 60 Minutes plenary session concluded ABA TECHSHOW 2012. Presenters Natalie Kelly, Dan Pinnington, Catherine Sanders Reach and TECHSHOW Chair Reid Trautz… [more]
One needs to do little else than glance at the ABA TECHSHOW 2012 conference schedule and exhibitor list to get a sense of how quickly and dramatically cloud computing is reshaping… [more]
A Committee of UK Members of Parliament has recommended that search engines should have to remove material from search results that infringe privacy. Here is a news report on the… [more]
Bill C-12: Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act – Eroding Privacy in the Name of Privacy
by Tamir Israel
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
The Government has recently announced its intention to focus on Bill C-12, the Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act… [more], its attempt to update PIPEDA in accordance with the statute's last
JURIST, the legal news and commentary website based out of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, needs money. Your money.
The well-known, pioneering news site explains that it is… [more]
Last week I wrote on The High Cost of Cloud Computing Due Diligence, and asked readers what thoughts they had on how the burden of cloud computing due diligence could… [more]
by Connie Crosby
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Yesterday one of my Twitter followers pointed out that his blog on the blogspot.com domain was, oddly, redirecting to the Canadian country domain blogspot.ca. I had a look, and soon… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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"…the IPC has exclusive jurisdiction to decide whether a record is in the custody or control of a university in the context of an access request…"
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Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence
In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...
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Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature
The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...
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Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General
The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...
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Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available
The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...
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