Law Bytes

By Michael Geist

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In recent years the intersection between law, technology, and policy has exploded as digital policy has become a mainstream concern in Canada and around the world. This podcast explores digital policies in conversations with people studying the legal and policy challenges, set the rules, or are experts in the field. It provides a Canadian perspective, but since the internet is global, examining international developments and Canada’s role in shaping global digital policy is be an important part of the story. Lawbytes is hosted by Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and where he is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

Episode Date
Episode 223: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Dec 09, 2024
Episode 221: Inside My Canadian Heritage Committee Appearance on Freedom of Expression
Dec 02, 2024
Episode 220: Marina Pavlović on the CRTC’s Plans to Address Consumer Frustration Over Wireless Contracts
Nov 25, 2024
Episode 219: Scott Benzie on What the Corporate TikTok Ban Means For Canadian Digital Creators
Nov 18, 2024
Episode 218: Emily Laidlaw and Taylor Owen on Saving the Online Harms Act
Nov 04, 2024
Episode 217: David Fraser on the Privacy Implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s Facebook Ruling
Oct 28, 2024
Episode 216: Game Changer or More of the Same?: Patrick Leblond on the New Global E-Commerce Agreement
Oct 21, 2024
Episode 215: Jan Grabowski on Wikipedia’s Antisemitism Problem
Oct 07, 2024
Episode 214: Erin Millar on Trust in Media and the Implementation of the Online News Act
Sep 30, 2024
Episode 213: Elaine Craig on Mainstreaming Porn and Why Bill S-210 May Make Matters Worse
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 212: Matt Hatfield on the State of Canadian Digital Policy as Politicians Return from the Summer Recess
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Service
Sep 09, 2024
Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments
Jul 22, 2024
Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It
Jul 15, 2024
Episode 208: Will Page on Why the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Ruling is Discriminatory and May Ultimately Hurt the Canadian Music Market
Jul 08, 2024
Episode 207: The State of Digital Law and Policy in Canada as Parliament Breaks for the Summer
Jun 24, 2024
Episode 206: James Plotkin and David Fewer on Canada’s Landmark Copyright Ruling on Fair Dealing and Digital Locks
Jun 17, 2024
Episode 205: Len St-Aubin on What the CRTC’s Internet Streaming Ruling Means For Creators, Competition and Consumer Costs
Jun 10, 2024
Episode 204: What Could Have Been for the Bill S-210 Hearings
Jun 03, 2024
Episode 203: Andrew Clement on Calls to Separate Privacy Reform and Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Bill C-27
May 13, 2024
Episode 202: David Soberman on the Reality Behind Claims Canadian Wireless Prices Have Been Cut in Half
May 06, 2024
Episode 201: Robert Diab on the Billion Dollar Lawsuits Launched By Ontario School Boards Against Social Media Giants
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 197: Divest, Ban or Regulate?: Anupam Chander on the Global Fight Over TikTok
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 196: Vibert Jack on the Supreme Court's Landmark Bykovets Internet Privacy Ruling
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 195: Vivek Krishnamurthy on What You Need to Know About the Online Harms Act
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 194: CCH Turns 20 - Scott Jolliffe Goes Behind the Scenes of the Landmark Copyright Case That Ushered in Users' Rights
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 193: The Online Harms Act is Nearly Here - A Backgrounder and Preview
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 192: Kate Robertson on the Privacy, Expression and Affordability Risks in Bill C-26
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 191: Luca Bertuzzi on the Making of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 190: Debating Bill S-210 - Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne Defends Her Internet Age Verification Bill
Jan 29, 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 189: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2024
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 188: Consumers, Competition or Corporate Cash Grab? - My Bill C-11 Appearance at the CRTC
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 187: Jeff Elgie on What the Bill C-18 Deal with Google Means for the Future of the Canadian News Sector
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 186: Andy Kaplan-Myrth on the CRTC’s Last Ditch Attempt to Fix Canada’s Internet Competition Problem
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 185: Bill C-11 at the CRTC - A Preview of the Upcoming Online Streaming Act Hearing
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 184: Philip Palmer on the Constitutional Doubts About the Government’s Internet Laws
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 182: Inside the Hearings on Privacy and AI Reform - My Industry Committee Appearance on Bill C-27
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 181: Is this Podcast About to be Regulated by the CRTC?
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 180: Victoria Owen Sets the Record Straight on Canadian Copyright Law and Content Licensing By Libraries and Educational Institutions
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 179: Peter Menzies on Why the CRTC Feels Broken Right Now
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 178: Bianca Wylie on Canada’s Failing AI Regulatory Process
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 177: Chris Dinn on Bill C-18’s Harm to Torontoverse and Investment in Innovative Media in Canada
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 176: A Mid-Summer Update on Bills C-11, C-18, the Government’s Cabinet Shuffle, and the Brewing Battle over Digital Taxes
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 175: Amy Salyzyn on the Benefits and Risks of AI to the Legal Profession
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 174: Chris Waddell on the Missing Context for Bill C-18 and the Challenges Faced by Canadian Media
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 173: Tom Cardoso on Access to Information and the Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada Initiative
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 172: Marc Edge on Bill C-18 and the Postmedia Effect
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 171: What Just Happened?: A Half-Year Report on Canadian Digital Policy
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 170: The Bill C-18 End Game - What the Senate Heard About the Online News Act
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 169: Alissa Centivany and Anthony Rosborough on Repairing Canada’s Right to Repair
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 168: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on How to Fix Bill C-27
May 29, 2023
Episode 167: Inside My Senate Committee Appearance on the Many Risks of Bill C-18
May 15, 2023
Episode 166: Colin Bennett on How the Government Is the Using the Budget Implementation Act to Weaken the Privacy Rules for Political Parties
May 08, 2023
Episode 165: Monica Auer on Whether the CBC Is As Independent As It Says It Is
May 01, 2023
Episode 164: Teresa Scassa on the Latest Canadian Court Ruling on Facebook and What It Might Mean for Privacy Reform
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 163: Cohere AI CEO Aidan Gomez on the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Artificial Intelligence
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 162: Paul Andersen on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Disappearing Independent Internet Provider in Canada
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 161: Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty on Why the Government’s Bill C-18 Motion Establishes a Dangerous, Undemocratic Precedent
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 160: Peter Carrescia on Why Patents Won’t Solve Canada’s Innovation Problem
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 159: Fenwick McKelvey on the Rapid Spread of Government TikTok Bans
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 158: In Their Own Words - Ministers, MPs, Senators and Government Officials on Bill C-18
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 157: Stephen Spong on the “Goblin Mode Gaslighting” of Canadian Copyright and Fair Dealing
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 156: Senator Paula Simons on Why the Government Should Accept the Senate’s Bill C-11 Fix on User Content Regulation
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 155: Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 154: The House is Back - A Preview of Canadian Digital Policy as Parliament Resumes
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 153: Jennifer Quaid on the Competition Bureau’s Appeal of the Rogers-Shaw Merger Decision
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 152: Konrad von Finckenstein on the Challenges That Lie Ahead for the CRTC
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 151: The Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead in 2023
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 150: How Will Canada Regulate News and Streaming - My Appearance on TVO’s The Agenda
Dec 12, 2022
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 149: Ryan Clements on the FTX Collapse and Canada’s Approach to Crypto Regulation
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 148: Christelle Tessono on Bringing a Human Rights Lens to AI Regulation in Bill C-27
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 147: Canada’s Battle over Internet Streamers - A Cancon Story of Freedom of Expression, Algorithms and Cultural Policy
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 146: Axel Bruns on What the Australian Experience Teaches About the Prospect of Facebook Blocking News Sharing in Response to Bill C-18
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 145: Why Bill C-18’s Mandated Payments for Links is a Threat to Freedom of Expression in Canada
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 144: Keldon Bester on the Rogers-Shaw Merger and the Problem with Canadian Competition Law
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 143: Canada’s Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Why Government Needs a Culture of Providing Information Instead of Hiding It
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 142: CCLA’s Brenda McPhail on the Privacy and Surveillance Risks in Bill C-26
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 141: Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 140: Anthony Housefather Reflects on the Fight Against Anti-Semitism Online and the Laith Marouf Incident
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 139: Florian Martin-Bariteau on the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 138: John Lawford on the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Responses to the Rogers Outage
Aug 08, 2022
Episode 137 - The CRTC Shrugged: A Special Law Bytes Podcast on the Industry Committee Hearing Into the Rogers Outage
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 136: Jeremy de Beer on SOCAN v. ESA, the Supreme Court's Latest Endorsement of Copyright Balance and Technological Neutrality
Jul 25, 2022
Episode 135: Co-Chair Emily Laidlaw on the Work of the Government's Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 134: Monica Auer on CRTC Governance, Content Regulation and the Radio-Canada Decision
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 133: Michael Nesbitt on How the Senate Pushed Back Against a Government Bill on Searching Digital Devices at the Border
Jul 04, 2022
Episode 132: Ryan Black on the Government's Latest Attempt at Privacy Law Reform
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 131: The Bill C-11 Clause-by-Clause Review - What “An Affront to Democracy” Sounds Like
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 130: In Their Own Words - What the Canadian Heritage Committee Heard About Bill C-11 Harms
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed and Jeff Elgie on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Act
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 128: Morghan Fortier on Why Canada's Most Successful Youtube Streaming Company Is Worried About Bill C-11
May 30, 2022
Episode 127: Lucie Guibault on Canada's Approach to Copyright Term Extension
May 02, 2022
Episode 126: Why Canada's Online Harms Consultation Was a Transparency and Policy Failure
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 124: David Fraser on Negotiating a CLOUD Act Agreement Between Canada and the United States
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 123: Darcy Michael on Why Bill C-11 Hurts Canada's Digital First Creators
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television System
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 121: The Law Is No Longer Fit For Purpose - My Appearance Before the ETHI Committee on Canadian Privacy and Mobility Data
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 120: Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada's Competition Law Problem
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government's Invocation of the Emergencies Act
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 117: Fight for the Future's Sarah Roth-Gaudette on Web 3 Regulation and Alternatives to Big Tech
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 116: Is This Podcast a Program Subject to CRTC Regulation Under Bill C-11?
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 115: Reuven Avi-Yonah on the Past, Present and Future of Digital Services Taxes
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 114: The Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert on Protecting Society from Surveillance Software
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 112: Aaron Perzanowski on the Right to Repair
Dec 13, 2021
Episode 111: The Story Behind JusTech - How Three University of Ottawa Law Students Created a Technology Compliance Solution for Privacy Breach Rules
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 110: Waiting to Connect - Karen Barnes and Catherine Middleton on the CCA's Report on Internet Access in Canadian Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 109: Striking the Balance on Misinformation and Freedom of Expression - My Examination of Canadian Policy Solutions
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 106: Former Canadian Heritage Committee Chair Scott Simms Goes Behind the Scenes of the Bill C-10 Hearing
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 107: Addison Cameron-Huff on the State of Crypto and Blockchain Regulation in Canada
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 108: Scott Benzie on How Bill C-10 Ignored Canada's Thriving Digital First Creators
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 105: NDP MP Charlie Angus on Canada's Failed Digital Policy and His Hopes for the Next Parliamentary Session
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 104: Taylor Owen on What the Latest Facebook Revelations Mean for Canada's Online Harms Legislative Plans
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 89: A Special Episode on Debating Bill C-10 at the Canadian Heritage Committee
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 83: Inside in the Industry Committee Hearing on the Proposed Rogers-Shaw Merger
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 82: Jonathan Curtis on the CRTC's Push to Block Botnets
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 81: Why Isn't Canada Supporting a Proposal to Help Developing Countries Gain Access to COVID-19 Vaccines?
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 80: A Roundtable on the Canadian Challenges of Delivering Universal, Affordable Internet Access
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 79: David Kaye on the Challenges of Reconciling Freedom of Expression and the Regulation of Online Harms
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 77: The Complexity of Internet Content Regulation - A Conversation with CIPPIC's Vivek Krishnamurthy
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 76: Higher Consumer Costs and Less Choice - My Appearance Before the Heritage Committee on Broadcasting Act Reform
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 75: The Digital Taxman Cometh
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 74: Heidi Tworek on the Challenges of Internet Platform Regulation
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 73: The Broadcasting Act Blunder - Why Minister Guilbeault is Wrong
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 72: Emily Laidlaw on the Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities Behind Canada's Privacy Reform
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 71: Minister Navdeep Bains on Canada's New Privacy Bill
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 70: "It's Massive Free Distribution" - Village Media's Jeff Elgie on Why His Company Opposes Lobbying Efforts to Establish a Licence for Linking to News Stories
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 69: Bram Abramson on the Government's Plan to Regulate Internet Streaming Services
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 68: Mike Pal on What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Intersection Between Election Law and the Internet
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 67: Tamir Israel on Facial Recognition Technologies at the Border
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 66: Ann Cavoukian on Why Canadians Can Trust the COVID Alert App
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 65: My Ian Kerr Memorial Lecture - Privacy and Zambonis in the Age of COVID-19
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 64: "You're Seeing the Breakup of the Web" - Anupam Chander on the Battle over TikTok
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 62: Colin Bennett on What the Schrems II Decision Means for Global Data Transfers and Canadian Privacy Law
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 61: Senator James Cowan on the Extraordinary Battle for a Genetic Anti-Discrimination Law in Canada
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 60: Alberta Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton on the ABTraceTogether Contact Tracing App
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 59: "It's a Racist Policy" - Ben Cashdan on the U.S. Effort to Derail South Africa's Copyright Reform
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 58: "An Earth Shattering Decision" - Marina Pavlovic on the Supreme Court of Canada's Uber v. Heller Ruling
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 57: Julia Reda on What Canada Should Learn from the European Battle over a Copyright Link Tax
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 56: Eloïse Gratton on Quebec's Plan to Overhaul its Privacy Law
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 55: Mutale Nkonde on Racial Justice, Bias, and Technology
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 54: Eric Goldman on Internet Platform Liability and the Trump Executive Order
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 53: Welcome Development or Waste of Time? - A Conversation With Facebook Oversight Board Member Nicolas Suzor
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 52: Fair Dealing for Film Makers - Bob Tarantino on the Copyright Implications of the Room Full of Spoons Case
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 51: Canada's Urban-Rural Broadband Divide - Josh Tabish on CIRA's Internet Performance Data
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 50: Ariel Katz on the Long-Awaited York University v. Access Copyright Ruling
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 49: Lilian Edwards on the Legal, Ethical and Technology Debate over Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 13: Digital Charter or Chart: A Conversation With Teresa Scassa on Canada’s New Digital Charter
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 6: “A Dangerous Game to Play:” A Former CRTC Vice-Chair Speaks Out on the Commission Plan to Regulate and Tax the Internet
Oct 20, 2021
Episode 3: The Least They Can Get Away With
Oct 20, 2021
Episode 98: Kim Nayyer on the Supreme Court of Canada's Landmark Access Copyright v. York University Copyright Ruling
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 84: Dwayne Winseck and Ben Klass on Canada's Wireless Woes
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 85: Céline Castets-Renard on Europe's Plan to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 86: CCLA's Cara Zwibel on the Free Speech Risks of Bill C-10 and the Guilbeault Internet Plan
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 87: What You Need to Know About Bill C-10
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 88: Ellen 'T Hoen on Waiving Patents to Support Global Access to COVID Vaccines
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 90: Fenwick McKelvey on Bill C-10, Discoverability and the Missing Representation of a New Generation of Canadian Creators
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 91: "This is No Way to Regulate" - Former CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein Speaks Out on the CRTC and Bill C-10
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 92: A Conversation with Senator Paula Simons on Copyright, the Internet and the Future of Media in Canada
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 93: Lex Gill on the RCMP, Clearview AI and Canada's History of Surveillance
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 94: Former CRTC Vice Chair Peter Menzies Reflects on the Battle over Bill C-10
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 95: Mark Phillips on the Federal Court of Canada's Right to be Forgotten Ruling
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 96: More Harm Than Good - My Appearance Before the Senate Transport Committee on a Copyright Bill to Support Media Organizations
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 97: John Lawford on Why the CRTC Should Take Action on Inadequate Low-Cost Wireless Plans
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 103: Privacy Reform Comes to Canada - Chantal Bernier on the Passage of Quebec's Bill 64
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 102: Colleen Flood on the Legal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Vaccine Passports
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 101: OpenMedia's Laura Tribe on Digital Policy and the 2021 Canadian Election
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 100: David Vaver With a Masterclass on Copyright and User Rights
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 99: "They Just Seemed Not to Listen to Any of Us" - Cynthia Khoo on the Canadian Government's Online Harms Consultation
Aug 23, 2021