Barry Sookman
  • Bio & expertise
    • Bio
    • Technology & Internet Lawyer
    • Copyright and Intellectual Property Lawyer and Litigator
    • Privacy & CASL
    • Government Relations
    • Rankings
  • Books & Articles
  • Speeches & Media
  • Terms
    • Privacy Policy
This site is about technology, copyright, and privacy Law
Barry Sookman
Barry Sookman
  • Bio & expertise
    • Bio
    • Technology & Internet Lawyer
    • Copyright and Intellectual Property Lawyer and Litigator
    • Privacy & CASL
    • Government Relations
    • Rankings
  • Books & Articles
  • Speeches & Media
  • Terms
    • Privacy Policy
Subscribe
  • CASL

CASL is a bad law

  • December 9, 2015
  • Barry Sookman
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0

CASL is a bad law and cannot reasonably be justified on any basis. On that issue, I recommend you read a feature article in the Financial Post today The great anti-spam cash grab. Here are a few choice extracts from the article.

CASL is a bad law. It offers no benefit to consumers, yet imposes red tape and additional costs on businesses. Worse still, it reduces competition, actually harming consumers. Finally, it is inconsistent with Canada’s free market economy and very likely unconstitutional…

CASL cannot work. It is incapable of stopping most spam…

Meanwhile, CASL imposes large costs on businesses…

CASL doesn’t just impose costs on individual businesses. It actually harms competition..

CASL negatives the very existence of constitutional right to free speech of a commercial nature on both a large and small scale. Under CASL, commercial speech – which is defined very broadly – is only allowed to the extent that the government permits it.

For more information about CASL, see, CASL: the unofficial FAQ, regulatory impact statement, and compliance guideline, Michael Geist’s defense of Canada’s indefensible anti-spam law CASL.

Related

Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
0

Subscribe

Subscribe now to our newsletter

You May Also Like
View Post
  • CASL

Supreme Court denies Compufinder leave to appeal in CASL Charter and constitutional challenge

  • Barry Sookman
  • March 4, 2021
Dynamic blocking order
View Post
  • CASL
  • Copyright
  • making available right

Court of Appeal rules CASL is constitutional and releases decision on the making available right

  • Barry Sookman
  • June 5, 2020
View Post
  • CASL
  • Charter of Rights

COVID-19 and Canada’s anti-spam law CASL

  • Barry Sookman
  • April 24, 2020
View Post
  • CASL
  • Uncategorized

CRTC’s troubling guidelines on CASL accessorial liability

  • Barry Sookman
  • November 7, 2018

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe

Subscribe now to our newsletter

Barry Sookman
This site is about technology, copyright, and privacy Law

Input your search keywords and press Enter.

We may be using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

 

Barry Sookman
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website may use cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.