Summative Assignment: R V. Zundel

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CLN 4U: Summative Assignment Restricting the Internet “The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.” (Eric Schmidt) Prepared by: Landon Fama Prepared for: Mr. E. Lootsma Due: June 10th 2013 CLN 4U Opening Statement: Arguably the most important, and influential invention which man-kind has produced to date, the internet is still a rather unknown entity. Access to the creature which we call the World Wide Web, is becoming ever more readily available, and thus the content which appears within its endless boundaries continues to grow. The rate at which content is uploaded, downloaded, and changed is exponential and seemingly unstoppable.…show more content…
Zundel was a case heard in the SCC in 1992 regarding the Nazi propaganda website Zundelsite (R. v. Zundel). The website was allegedly used by Ernst Zundel to spread Nazism and anti-Semitic views. The SCC ruled that although the website contained information which violated sec. 181 of the Canadian Criminal code (Testing), the wording of the law was too broad and allowed too much room for interpretation. Zundelsite is still operational, and is now hosted in…show more content…
PIPA: Protect IP Act; an American anti-piracy act currently in the Senate for review [ 3 ]. CISPA: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; bill currently for review in the House of Representatives, introduced by Michigan Rep. representative [ 4 ]. Internet black out: a government restricting access or content of a website or source, usually resulting in a blacked out screen [ 5 ]. Per-to-per sharing: when copyrighted content is passed from one user to another through the use of an online medium. Examples include(d) Napster, Frostwire, Limewire & The Pirate Bay [ 6 ]. Content Licensee: When a user purchases copyrighted material they are granted use of the material for personal purposes, such that, the material is not used directly for monetary gain. [ 7 ]. Criminal Code s. 181: Every one who wilfully publishes a statement, tale or news that he knows is false and that causes or is likely to cause injury or mischief to a public interest is guilty of an indictable offence [ 8 ]. Section 8 of the CCRF: Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. The purpose of section 8, according to the Supreme Court of Canada, is to protect a reasonable expectation of

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