Michael Geist

MAY 18, 2023

The consultations focus on the broad structure of the regulatory framework , registration requirements , and transitions from the current system of exemptions to one of regulations. What to make of the consultation and the emerging regulatory framework for Internet streaming services? Who will be left?

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2024

Signed into law in September 2022, the DMA imposed a complex regulatory framework upon the major Internet services platforms that are deemed to be “gatekeepers” (i.e. These gatekeepers each market at least one “core platform service” (CPS) that connects large numbers of users and business interests.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

The essay abstract: Every Internet service enabling user-generated content faces a dilemma of balancing good-faith and bad-faith activity. Striking this balance is one of the hardest challenges that internet services must navigate, and yet the U.S. However, that regulatory deference is in constant jeopardy.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The CRTC’s decision to require registration for a wide range of Internet sites and services that meet a $10 million revenue threshold, including podcasters, adult sites, and news sites, appears to have taken many Canadians by surprise. This is the result.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 3, 2022

On June 14, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-26 , An Act Respecting Cyber Security , which would enact the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (the CCSPA) to establish a regulatory cyber security framework and improve baseline security for vital public systems and services. keep compliance records.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

It is fairly clear that that someone will be Canadian consumers as streaming services either hike Canadian fees to account for their new costs or shun the market altogether. and DAZN, niche video services such as Britbox, and even broadcaster websites such as the BBC. Regulatory surcharges are not uncommon in Canada.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2024

The law aims to encourage fairness, competitiveness, and consumer protection through provisions, controls, and penalties designed to restrict anti-competitive behaviours and establish regulatory frameworks. Clear conditions for economic awareness operations and regulatory oversight outlined in Articles 13 and 14.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I appeared before the Senate committee that studied the bill in February 2022 , where I argued that “ by bringing together website blocking, face recognition technologies, and stunning overbreadth that would capture numerous mainstream services, the bill isn’t just a slippery slope, it is an avalanche.”

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Michael Geist

JUNE 9, 2023

Some of the reason may well be to keep the door open to future regulatory actions since policy directions do not have the same status as legislation. As noted above, the specific language is “CRTC is directed not to impose regulatory requirements on online undertakings in respect of programs of social media creators, including podcasts”.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 25, 2024

Introduction Section 3 of the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act, 2016 provides for prior registration of projects under the Real Estate Regulatory Authority that are undergoing completion as of the commencement of the Act and have not been granted a completion certificate by their respective local authorities.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Introduction The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 marks the genesis of the Fintech Revolution wherein the Banking and Finance sectors witnessed a colossal upsurge in Financial Technology and the Firms which deliver such services were titled as ‘Fintechs’.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Colorado is the most recent state to allow other types of legal providers, not just attorneys, to offer specific services in certain circumstances — and more states should rethink the century-old assumptions that shape our current regulatory rules, say Natalie Anne Knowlton and Janet Drobinske at the University of Denver.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 13, 2023

While News Media Canada has identified several issues where it supports Google’s request for regulatory change, the challenge is that Google’s regulatory response appears to arrive at the same conclusion as Meta, namely that regulations alone cannot save a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 14, 2023

That started this week with the CRTC’s Bill C-11 consultations on registration requirements and potential exemptions (a post on my submission here ) with a myriad of well-known streaming services calling on the regulator to establish additional exclusions from Bill C-11’s requirements.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The online gaming sector is characterized by various regulatory frameworks, that may or may not overlap depending on the type of games and means of distribution. There are a number of stakeholders on the value chain (developers, publishers, platforms, streaming services, streamers, professional gaming organisations, gamers etc.)

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Image by Gordon Johnson via Pixabay The booming industry of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is facing its first regulatory attempt in China. In general, the draft Regulation endeavors to ensure that the content produced using generative AI services adheres to legal and ethical principles and aligns with core socialist values.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2023

At the start of last year, a French bill went into effect that sanctioned the formation of a new regulatory body. The old HADOPI anti-piracy outfit merged with the Higher Audiovisual Council, creating the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority ( Arcom ).

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Michael Geist

JUNE 16, 2023

The fallout from Bill C-11 has been the subject of several posts this week, including the demands from a wide range of services for exceptions to the law and warnings from streaming services such as PBS and AMC that they may block the Canadian market due to the regulatory burden imposed by the law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

I explain why that presumption prevailed in the Internet’s early days, what’s changed since then, and the operational and regulatory implications of that loss of innocence. The abstract: Every internet service enabling user-generated content faces a dilemma of balancing good-faith and bad-faith activity. ” * * *.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 9, 2022

There is no requirement that the service be located in Canada in order to qualify and little practical guidance on what constitutes a Canadian nexus. The location of the person operating the broadcasting undertaking is not determinative of whether a service is carrying on in whole or in part in Canada.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

AGCOM Issues its First Piracy-Shield Related Fine Without assistance from Italian ISPs, blocking pirate services would be impossible in Italy. ” Predictable Action By Legal Streaming Services Piracy Shield typically aims to prevent consumer access to pirate IPTV services, especially those that provide access to live sports broadcasts.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2024

Technical solutions may face compliance and regulatory issues, while pirate adversaries remain light on their feet by ignoring them all. anywhere where they’re reliant on services operated by businesses that already comply with the law and are more likely to take action.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Science Committee convenes an executive session on Wednesday to deliberate over a pair of bills that would direct the Federal Communications Commission’s activities on establishing universal telecommunications services.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

However, since January 15, 2024, SIPI has experienced setbacks in the provision of its services, including but not limited to the inability to download documents and delays in the process of trademark procedure inquiries. La entrada Industrial property virtual office se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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Olartemoure Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Recently, the European Parliament approved a new comprehensive regulatory regime for fund transfers and cryptocurrencies. With the issuance of the comprehensive crypto law, cryptocurrency service providers will be required to obtain a license to operate in the EU and to comply with certain security and consumer protection requirements.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

35 of 2004, the DIFC operates as an independent jurisdiction within the UAE, with its legal and regulatory framework for civil and commercial matters. It regulates asset management, banking and credit services, securities, collective investment funds, insurance, Islamic finance, international equities, and derivatives exchanges.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the start of this year, a French bill went into effect that sanctioned the formation of a new regulatory body. The old HADOPI anti-piracy outfit merged with the Higher Audiovisual Council, creating the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority ( Arcom ). Sports Piracy Crackdown. Google Offers a Helping Hand.

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Michael Geist

JULY 6, 2021

In fact, even without legislative reform, the CRTC last week announced that it is re-opening its approach to a digital media survey by seeking to expand it to cover foreign streaming services. In other words, under Scott, the CRTC has been quite open to increasing consumer costs for Internet access with new levies.

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Michael Geist

MAY 25, 2022

I was included on the opening panel and used my opening remarks to focus on two key issues: Bill C-11’s regulation of user content and its overbroad regulatory approach and the need for greater certainty. A full transcript of the opening remarks are posted at the end of this post. First, regulation of user content. While the Section 4.1

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

However, by leaving much of the original regulatory framework in place and removing some earlier safeguards, the CRTC has been granted enormous regulatory power over Internet services around the world given that the bill’s jurisdictional scope features few boundaries. Three issues in Bill C-11 immediately stand out.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 1, 2022

My post on the issue walks through the proposed legislation, noting the “CRTC is empowered to create regulations applicable to user content uploaded to social media services as programs” and focusing specifically on the discoverability rules and their implications.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The implications are enormous since broadly defined the policy would require every online service that transmits or retransmits programs over the Internet (broadly defined to include all audio and audiovisual content) to establish age verification requirements to prevent child access to programs with explicit sexual activity.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

Elsewhere, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation debates the potential impacts of a regulatory framework for AI technologies being drafted by the European Commission, while the Heritage Foundation looks at how the characteristics of Bitcoin intersect with American values.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

Indonesia is leading the way when it comes to regulatory site blocking in the Asia Pacific region, if not the world, and the Indonesian government is to be congratulated for the strong stance they have taken in this area,” CAP’s General Manager Matthew Cheetham says. Challenges Remain.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is a prevailing sentiment among policy stakeholders that for any regulatory framework in respect of AI to be effective, some form of international regulatory cooperation will be needed and this Declaration lays the groundwork for further regulatory collaboration between countries.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To change the status quo, the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology collaborated with the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) to support innovation and entrepreneurship by launching several initiatives that are aimed at providing funding and technical assistance to local start-ups.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For many years, Canadians have lamented the state of competition for Internet broadband services, pointing to concerns regarding price and lack of choice. Andy Kaplan-Myrth is Vice-President, Regulatory and Carrier Affairs at TekSavvy, one of the few remaining independent competitors in Canada.

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