Currently, China has an estimated 70 million bloggers posting on a wide range of subjects.  In January, the country's number of internet users was estimated at 298 million, the most of any nation in the world.  Unfortunately, China's internet censorship is one of the most pervasive and sophisticated in the world.   Bloggers' freedom of expression […]

Consider the following scenario: The sales team at a large software company is meeting with a particularly hot prospect and is hoping to seal the deal on a big sale of Product X. Things have been going great, but right in the middle of the meeting someone pulls out a printout of a message board […]

For nearly two decades, Rob Reger and his company Cosmic Debris have spent millions of dollars developing the fictional character "Emily the Strange" as a gothic rebel who finds nothing more boring than copying everyone else. Over the years, Emily has evolved from a skateboard design to a media empire which includes clothing lines, comic […]

Three months ago I posted a response to Dan Hartrell’s article: Facebook’s grassroots earn policy voice. Dan’s article focused on the new grassroots, open approach Facebook was taking which allowed social network users to comment and vote on Facebook policies. In my response, I questioned the wisdom of having a corporation emulate a nation by […]

A recent Court of Appeal decision in England declared that retention of photos taken of a man by the police long after it was determined that no crime had occurred by the person was a breach of privacy. Andrew Wood was photographed as he was leaving the annual general meeting of Reed Elsevier plc, which […]

Annie Messerkhanian recently completed her second year of the J.D. program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Having just completed my second year of study, I was acutely aware of the fact that I had only one year remaining within which to complete my Osgoode Public Interest Requirement (OPIR). Students at Osgoode Hall Law School, beginning […]