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Michael Allen Geist (born 11 July 1968) is a Canadian academic, and the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Geist was educated at the University of Western Ontario where he received his Bachelor of Laws before going on to get his Master of Laws at both Osgoode Hall Law School and Cambridge University. After that, he attended Columbia Law School where he got his Doctor of Law degree.〔(Columnist Bio - Toronto Star )〕 His weekly columns on new technology and its legal ramifications appear in the ''Vancouver Sun'', ''Toronto Star'' and the ''Ottawa Citizen''. He served on Canada's National Task Force on Spam and is the founder of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. Geist is active on many boards, including the CANARIE Board of Directors,〔(CANARIE Board of Directors )〕 the CanLII Board of Directors,〔(Canadian Legal Information Institute Board of Directors )〕 the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Expert Advisory Board,〔(Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Expert Advisory Board )〕 the Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board,〔(Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory Board )〕 and on the Information Program Sub-Board of the Open Society Institute.〔(michaelgeist.ca )〕 He was also a board member of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, which manages the dot.ca domain, for six years. Geist was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2002.〔(Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 )〕 In 2010, he was listed globally as one of the top fifty influential people in regards to intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property.〔("Meet the 50 Most Influential People in IP" ), ''Managing Intellectual Property'', July 1, 2010〕 ==2007 Canadian copyright legislation== Geist received widespread public attention from mainstream and citizen media in the winter of 2007 for leading the public response to proposed Canadian copyright changes. According to Dr. Geist, the Canadian legislation included the worst aspects of the 1998 U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In December, 2007, Geist said the legislation will likely "mirror the DMCA with strong anti-circumvention legislation — far beyond what is needed to comply with the WIPO Internet treaties," and will likely contain no protection for "flexible fair dealing. No parody exception. No time shifting exception. No device shifting exception. No expanded backup provision. Nothing."〔 〕 Widespread online and offline support, from activist and author Cory Doctorow to over 30,000 Facebook users, led to the tabling of the copyright legislation by Industry Minister Jim Prentice until 2008.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Geist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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