Public Safety committee  I must admit that I don't see a huge amount of difference between the two, and in fact I don't think the law necessarily treats them differently either. Someone who wrongfully practises law using a fake degree is going to be subject to some sort of charges, and the law can crack

Public Safety committee  I think you've raised a number of interesting questions. Have things changed due to globalization? I think they probably have. Technology and the Internet have clearly made it both easier to copy and easier to distribute. I don't think it's necessarily a surprise that you're lo

Public Safety committee  The example that Mr. Sotiriadis gave focused on someone burning these DVDs and then selling them at huge commercial profit. It seems to me that's a pretty clear case of where the Copyright Act's criminal provisions would well apply, where someone is making a copy without authoriz

Public Safety committee  Good morning, and thank you very much for the invitation to come and speak. I'm a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where I hold the Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-commerce law. I'm also a syndicated weekly columnist on law and technology issues for the Toronto