Gotcha!

For months Canadian federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice has been trying to introduce a U.S.-style "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" under pressure from big U.S. media conglomerates, their puppets in Canada and the U.S. Ambassador.

Unfortunately for Prentice, (and fortunately for Canadians!) he's been up against some very active, informed and smart "netizens".

Chief among those smart netizens is Professor Michael Geist, Canada Chair of Internet and E-commerce law at the University of Ottawa.

This week Professor Geist exposed that Industry Canada computers have been used to edit Wikipedia entries concerning Minister Prentice's proposed "copyright reforms".

Public property is being used for partisan purposes.

It also shows that Prentice and/or his surrogates at Industry Canada are completely clueless when it comes to internet technology. Figuring out who owns the IP address of someone who has edited a Wikipedia entry isn't exactly rocket science.

And it is these same clueless individuals who will make decisions about both copyright reform and net neutrality. These decisions will affect how every Canadian is able to use the internet.

See Michael Geist's Blog