Browsing by Author "Smith, Jay"
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – Enclosing the Internet?
Smith, Jay (2010-08-04)This paper examines the ongoing negotiation process over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement from a Canadian perspective. ACTA, in brief, would represent a globalized version of the U.S. Digital Management Copyright ... -
A Canadian E-lection 2008? New Media and Political Competition
Smith, Jay; Chen, Peter J. (2009-06-05)The results of the research are an informative study of the specific use of new media in the Canadian national election of 2008 and provide comparative data for other national and provincial studies. This election may ... -
A Canandian E-lection 2008? Online Media and Political Competition
Smith, Jay (2009-06-16)This paper examines the use and impact of internet submedia on the 2008 Canadian federal election. Based on content analysis of party and candidate use of different internet submedia during the campaign, combined with ... -
Going Global and the World Social Forum: The Struggle for Justice Beyond the Nation-State
Smith, Jay (2011-03-29)In the past ten years beginning with the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle 1999 there has been an intense wave of international activism not unlike the political activism of the late 1960s. Unlike ... -
Is Canada the Monkey or the Organ Grinder When it Comes to Proposed Copyright Legislation?
Smith, Jay (2011-03-30)Twenty years ago copyright was an issue that attracted the attention of few people. In the digital age it has become a political hot potato, particularly in Canada. Many contend that the principle of fair dealing for ... -
Social Networking and Political Activism: The Great Canadian Copyright Fight - Over or Not?
Smith, Jay (2011-03-29)In 2007 and 2008 there was a hard fought campaign against proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act, changes which would have privileged producers and owners of copyright over users. Particularly notable about the ... -
Speaking For Freedom, Normalizing the Net
Smith, Jay (2012-01-24)An enduring perspective on the impact of digital technologies argues that these technologies can expand freedom and re-invigorate democracy. Yet, there has always been a contrary, more pessimistic perspective, that ...