University of Western Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School, Cambridge University and the Columbia Law School
Occupation(s)
Academic and Canada Research Chair
Employer
University of Ottawa
Website
michaelgeist.ca
Michael Allen Geist is a Canadian academic, and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.
He is the editor of four books on copyright law and privacy law,[1]
and he edits two newsletters on Canadian information technology and privacy law.[2]
Geist writes syndicated columns for some of Canada's largest newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen and the Toronto Star.[3]
His blog on the Internet and intellectual property law is a three-time Best Canadian Law Blog winner.[3]
Geist was named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2002,[4]
and Canadian Lawyer magazine identified Geist as one of the country's 25 most influential lawyers.[3] He has been listed globally as one of the top fifty influential people in regard to intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property.[5] Geist has received the Electronic Frontier Foundation's EFF Pioneer Award, and the Public Knowledge IP3 Award, regarded as two of the top digital rights awards in the world.[3]
All Geist's books and articles are published under Creative Commons or open access licences.[3]
^"Michael Geist, Books".
^"Michael Geist, Newsletters".
^ abcde"Connection Award Winner: Michael Geist". Government of Canada: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. May 11, 2012.
^Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^"Meet the 50 Most Influential People in IP", Managing Intellectual Property, July 1, 2010
Michael Allen Geist is a Canadian academic, and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He is the editor...
with Willie Geist. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on both the weekday edition and the Saturday edition of Today. Geist is a correspondent...
expression and protection from harm". University of Ottawa law professor MichaelGeist noted that Bill C-63 was "better than what the government had planned...
will "sedate" these public watchdogs. University of Ottawa professor MichaelGeist argued that the Online News Act and Online Streaming Act represented...
which excluded any witnesses who commented on Bill C-32. Law professor MichaelGeist disputed the party's statements regarding how many Canadians they consulted...
original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-01-23. MichaelGeist (2007-10-05). "Downloading and Demonoid". MichaelGeist. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04...
on 2011-01-20. "I Saw the Devil". The Hollywood Reporter. Koresky, Michael; Geist, Brandon; Hynes, Eric; Rocchi, James; Newman, Jason; Collins, Sean T...
Andrew Norton, from 2007 until 2022. According to Canadian law scholar MichaelGeist, TorrentFreak "is widely used as a source of original reporting on digital...
Requirement for Online Undertakings to Bill C-11 - MichaelGeist". Retrieved December 7, 2022. Geist, Michael (December 7, 2022). "Scoping User Content Out...
June 14, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2007. Geist, Michael (March 4, 2006). "Music and the Market". MichaelGeist. Archived from the original on February...
consulted the Canadian wing of Project Gutenberg. On November 2, 2007, MichaelGeist, a prominent Canadian copyright academic, wrote an article for the BBC...
The proposal has been widely criticized for the possibility of abuse; MichaelGeist described the proposal as being "ill-advised and dangerous", citing...
Tries Anew to Decriminalize Marijuana (washingtonpost.com) "MichaelGeist -". MichaelGeist. "Lawful Access FAQ". Archived from the original on 19 August...
making in Canada related to technology. Founded in the fall of 2003 by MichaelGeist, its headquarters is at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common...
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WIPO, "come across as unrepresentative of other views and events". MichaelGeist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, noted that "World Intellectual...
original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2011. Geist, Michael (April 9, 2011). "MichaelGeist – The Conservatives Commitment to Internet Surveillance"...
Free Speech Online At Risk Over Release of Report - MichaelGeist". Retrieved 2024-05-27. Geist, Michael (2023-12-14). "The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet...
be covering fairly and objectively". Intellectual property academic MichaelGeist stated that the use of the footage was likely covered by fair dealing...
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