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Anti-Piracy Strategy Will Help Govt to Spy, Critic Says - Changes Could Lead to Policing of Legal Activities (Globe & Mail)

By Robin Gross

"This is an attempt here to create a very broad umbrella that strikes at the very heart of every day activities for millions of Canadians," said Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and Canada Research Chair of Internet and e-commerce law. One of the most contentious proposals is to "encourage" Internet service providers to monitor the online activities of their customers and report activity that may infringe copyright law - a move that amounts to spying and could undermine the privacy of Canadians, Prof. Geist said. The changes may also give border guards the authority to search laptops and personal music recorders to look for any illegally obtained material.

Full post as published by IP Justice on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).