.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3832885&Language=e&Mode=1; Michael Geist,
‘‘Electronic Commerce Protection Act Headed to Committee Following Odd Debate,’’ May 12,
2009, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3956/125/.
85. Michael Geist, ‘‘The Electronic Commerce Protection Act—The Enforcement Prohibitions,’’
April 28, 2009, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3902/125/.
86. Consider, for instance, the interstitial pages that search giant Google places between search
results and certain pages on the Internet deemed to host malware that might harm an end user’s
computer. See StopBadware.org, http://stopbadware.org.
87. Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 2008), 153–199.
88. Declan McCullagh, ‘‘FCC Formally Rules Comcast’s Throttling of BitTorrent Was Illegal,’’
CNet News, August 1, 2008, at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10004508-38.html.
89. James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, ‘‘Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report,’’ New
York Times, December 24, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html.
90. Declan McCullagh, ‘‘Gonzales Pressures ISPs on Data Retention,’’ CNet News, May 27, 2006,
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-148226.html.
91. David Kravets, ‘‘Obama Sides with Bush in Spy Case,’’ Wired.com, January 22, 2009, http://
www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/01/obama-sides-wit/.
92. Respectively: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–22; 50 U.S.C. §§1801–11; 18 U.S.C. §§3121–7.
93. Electronic Privacy Information Center, ‘‘FBI Reporting Concerning Pen Register/Trap and
Trace Statistics,’’ April 29, 2009, http://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/ltr_pen_trap_leahy_final.pdf.
94. Criminal Code (R.S., 1985, c. C-46), s.195, http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/; Public Safety
Canada, Annual Report on the use of Electronic Surveillance 2007, 2008, http://www.publicsafety
.gc.ca/abt/dpr/le/elecsur-07-eng.aspx.
95. Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner, ‘‘Annual Reports,’’
http://ocsec-bccst.gc.ca/ann-rpt/index_e.php; National Defense Act (R.S., 1985, c. N-5) Part V.1,
s.273.63, http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-5/section-273.63.html.
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‘‘Electronic Commerce Protection Act Headed to Committee Following Odd Debate,’’ May 12,
2009, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3956/125/.
85. Michael Geist, ‘‘The Electronic Commerce Protection Act—The Enforcement Prohibitions,’’
April 28, 2009, http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3902/125/.
86. Consider, for instance, the interstitial pages that search giant Google places between search
results and certain pages on the Internet deemed to host malware that might harm an end user’s
computer. See StopBadware.org, http://stopbadware.org.
87. Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It (New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 2008), 153–199.
88. Declan McCullagh, ‘‘FCC Formally Rules Comcast’s Throttling of BitTorrent Was Illegal,’’
CNet News, August 1, 2008, at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10004508-38.html.
89. James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, ‘‘Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report,’’ New
York Times, December 24, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html.
90. Declan McCullagh, ‘‘Gonzales Pressures ISPs on Data Retention,’’ CNet News, May 27, 2006,
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-148226.html.
91. David Kravets, ‘‘Obama Sides with Bush in Spy Case,’’ Wired.com, January 22, 2009, http://
www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/01/obama-sides-wit/.
92. Respectively: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–22; 50 U.S.C. §§1801–11; 18 U.S.C. §§3121–7.
93. Electronic Privacy Information Center, ‘‘FBI Reporting Concerning Pen Register/Trap and
Trace Statistics,’’ April 29, 2009, http://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/ltr_pen_trap_leahy_final.pdf.
94. Criminal Code (R.S., 1985, c. C-46), s.195, http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/; Public Safety
Canada, Annual Report on the use of Electronic Surveillance 2007, 2008, http://www.publicsafety
.gc.ca/abt/dpr/le/elecsur-07-eng.aspx.
95. Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner, ‘‘Annual Reports,’’
http://ocsec-bccst.gc.ca/ann-rpt/index_e.php; National Defense Act (R.S., 1985, c. N-5) Part V.1,
s.273.63, http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-5/section-273.63.html.
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