Here’s my piece for the National Post, reflecting on the lessons of 2020.
Richard C. Owens: In GoldTV, internet activism runs aground. Again The servants of Google and TorrentFreak despoil the creative scene, supporting piracy over productivity
My article on GoldTV.
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE USMCA? Why the intellectual property provisions in the US Mexico Canada Agreement are good for Canada and its trading partners
My recent paper for MLI can be found here.
Open Media is a disgrace
Weighing in on the wretched campaign of disinformation waged by Google supporter Open Media in the Financial Post here.
Ignore the naysayers. The new USMCA deal is great for Canadian innovators
See my latest from the Financial Post here.
FairPlay in the Post
Here is my latest from the Financial Post, describing the FairPlay initiative to block pirate sites on the Internet.
FairPlay
Today is the final day for interventions to the Canada Radio-Televison and Telecommunications Commission on the FairPlay anti-piracy proposal. The FairPlay Proposal is a very carefully thought out means to begin to curtail online piracy in Canada. It deserves our support. I got my intervention into the CRTC today. It follows. FairPlay Submission
Trade and IP in NAFTA: Speech in Montreal
For those interested in hearing me speak in Montreal recently on IP and its connection to trade in Canada, at an even sponsored by ACTION on Trade and Macdonald-Laurier Institute, you will find the performance here.
No wonder Canadians aren’t more innovative: Look how poorly we protect innovators’ rights
New op-ed from the Financial Post. You can find it here.
Intellectual Property Policy for Canada–Part 3
And finally, here is part 3.