About the Contributors

• Author: Michael Geist
• Pages: 595-602

About

the

Contributors

EDITOR

Michael

Geist

is a law

professor

at the

University

of

Ottawa, where

he

holds

the

Canada Research Chair

of

Internet

and

E-commerce Law.

He has

obtained

a

Bachelor

of

Laws

(LL.B.)

degree from Osgoode Hall

Law

School

in

Toronto, Master

of

Laws

(LL.M.)

degrees from Cambridge University

in the UK and

Columbia

Law

School

in New

York,

and a

Doctorate

in Law

(J.S.D.)

from Columbia

Law

School.

Dr.

Geist

has

written

numerous aca-

demic

articles

and

government reports

on the

Internet

and

law,

is a

nation-

ally syndicated columnist

on

technology

law

issues

for the

Toronto

Star

and

Ottawa

Citizen,

is the

editor

of

Internet

and

E-commerce

Law in

Canada

and

the

Canadian

Privacy

Law

Review

(Butterworths)

and is the

author

of the

textbook

Internet

Law in

Canada

(Captus Press) which

is now in its

third

edi-

tion.

He is the

author

of

BNA's

Internet

Law

News,

a

daily Internet

law

e-mail

service,

and

maintains

a

popular

blog

on

Internet

and

intellectual property

law

issues.

Dr.

Geist

is

actively involved

in

national Internet policy develop-

ment

and was a

member

of

Canada's National Task

Force

on

Spam.

He has

received

numerous awards

for his

work including Canarie's

IWAY

Public

Leadership Award

for

his

contribution

to the

development

of the

Internet

in

Canada

and he was

named

one of

Canada's

Top 40

Under

40 in

2003. More

information

can be

obtained

at

.

CONTRIBUTORS

Jane

Bailey

is an

assistant

professor

of law at the

University

of

Ottawa

Faculty

of

Law, Common

Law

Section.

She

obtained

her

B.A.S.

with hon-

ours

from

Trent University,

an

M.I.R.

and

LL.B.

from

Queen's Universit

in

Kingston, Ontario,

and an

LL.M.

from

the

University

of

Toronto.

Her re-

search

focuses

on the

impact

of

evolving technology

and

inter-jurisdictional

pressures relating

to

copyright, online hate,

and

pornography

on

Canada's

commitments

to

equality, freedom

of

expression, privacy,

and

multicultur-

alism.

Her

TPM-related

work includes "Chief Treasures

of the

World: What

Happens When

Law is

Used

to

Protect

the

Technology

that

Protects Copy-

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