The University of Calgary is in the news for two reasons: (1) They have been outed as an academic institution that does not believe in the use of the Oxford Comma BUSTED. and... (2) They've jumped on the Trump bandwagon and are taking steps to “close parts of the Internet”. That's right. Apparently, the University of Calgary (U of C) is in the...
Because it's fall... and because I haven't posted in a while... and because litter is serious business. **this letter has been posted with the permission of my clients, the Kitties** ...
Happy almost Hack-versary, AshleyMadison.com On July 20, 2015 the hacking collective Impact Team accessed and downloaded the personal and financial data of Ashley Madison’s users - almost all 37 million of them. Impact Team attempted to hold AM hostage - their terms: shut down or the information is released. Ashley Madison did not shut down and on August 18, 2015, the Impact Team...
On February 16, 2016, Apple drew a line in the sand. As these things do often do, this line came in the form of an open letter. The Apple Customer Letter was published on Apple's website and is signed by Apple CEO, Tim Cook. It's a response to a judicial ruling requiring Apple to assist the FBI in unlocking (decrypting) the iPhone 5c...
The Jian Ghomeshi trial has started and is being live-tweeted - very ably I might add - by various journalists. Some are more impartial than others. BUT what does live-tweeting have to do with the presumption of innocence? Everything. The presumption of innocence is one of the most inconvenient concepts of modern democracy. It's the reason we have 10 day trials, costing untold amounts of...
** This is one part of a five part series I did for CBC Mainstreet Cape Breton on Intellectual Property Law. The audio is available here - the following is the script of the audio recording - ENJOY** One Elsa, Two Elsas, Three Elsas. Halloween this year was a parade of little Elsas. The blue dress, the white braid, the…. snow suit over top. If you...
