eLegal Canton
The blawg contains comments on technology-based legal issues including privacy, IP, and IT.
Author: David Canton practices at Harrison Pensa in London, Ontario, Canada, and he writes the weekly "Today's Business Law" column in the London Free Press.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Internet Law • Legal Technology • International • North America • Canada
Recent Posts from eLegal Canton
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Support fair copyright - buy a T-shirt
Fair Copyright fo Canada has launched a line of apparel, mugs, buttons, etc to promote their cause - ie the fight against bill C-61. One of the reasons this is noteworthy is that it is…
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Everyone has a role to play regarding privacy
David Fraser has 2 posts on his Canadian Privacy Law Blog that together emphasize that to be effective, an organization's privacy officer must have support at the highest levels of the organization, and must be…
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Copyright amendment bill draws fire
For the London Free Press - June 23, 2008 Read this on Canoe On June 12, the federal government introduced Bill C-61, an Act to Amend the Copyright Act. A hailstorm of critical comment followed…
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Copyright bill - examples to show it is flawed
If anyone is wondering what the fuss is all about over bill C-61, its worth taking a look at Michael's series of posts entitled A Week in the Life of the Canadian DMCA.. The posts…
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Privacy laws not absolute
For the London Free Press - June 16, 2008 Read this on Canoe Ontario information and privacy commissioner Anne Cavoukian has expressed concern for the tainted image of privacy laws in Canada. In her 2007…
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C-61 Copyright bill results in storm of criticism
The press and blogosphere has been all over yesterday's introduction of the copyright bill. The vast majority of the comments are negative, and rightly so. I don't recall ever seeing so much commentary on legislation…
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The paperless office
Slaw.ca posted a good article recently entitled Revisiting the Paperlesss Office that contains some history on the topic, and some tips for reducing paper. It comments that we have the technology and tools to do…
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Tips to avoid identity theft and fraud
Inside CRM has an article entitled 50 Ways to Take Back Control of Your Personal Data that is a good list of best practices to protect personal information. Many of the references contain details relevant…
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Online sales still mostly off
For the London Free Press - June 9, 2008 Read this on Canoe New figures released by Statistics Canada reveal a lack of response from public- and private-sector enterprises to the increasing demands for electronic…
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Be careful with GPL3 software
Law.com has an article entitled Open Source Software Shows Its Muscle that talks about the perils of using open source software that uses the GPL3 license. If one just uses some open source software with…