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News of the Week; January 16, 2019

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY  Why So Secret?: Government’s Communications Law Panel Plans to Keep Public Submissions Under Wraps for Months (Michael Geist) All About the Internet: My Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel on the Future of Canadian Communications Law (Michael Geist) Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations […]

Class 2 Slides & Video – “Mapping Communications Law 1.0 & 2.0: A Topology”

Video & slides  below. Edited out the part where everyone introduced themselves both for privacy and time reasons. Trust that is not a problem. Jon

Question of the Week (Class 2): U.S. Super Bowl Commercials on Canadian TV – Yes, No or Who Cares?

This is one of those stories that is very hard to tell. Because of all the complexity and twists and turns, it may be best told in flashback like one of those movies that starts off in the near-present moment, when the main character is about to do something climactic and you then wonder how […]

Class 1 Slides & Video – “Communications Law: Introducing the Course”

Here are this weeks video & slides… The video unfortunately starts a minute or so after convening the class, and does not have the slides separately broken out as is usually the case with Allard lecture capture. There is a bit of a story and adventure worth recounting that explains all of the above… The […]

News of the Week; January 2, 2019

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY  CRTC Issues Guidance for Avoiding Indirect Liability for CASL Violations Minnesota AG Just The Latest To Ding Comcast For Shady Fees  Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules  The FCC Is Closing, So Hold Your Cell Phone Service Gripes CBS Eyes Ditching Nielsen As Streaming, Cord […]