Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide CAUT Bulletin Laura Murray is an Associate Professor in the English Department of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and creator of the website www.faircopyright.ca. Samuel Trosow is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. He is jointly appointed in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
Recent Decisions
- Federal Court of Appeal
Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright 2010 FCA 198 (July 23, 2010) (pdf)
- US Federal Court of Appeals
MGE UPS Systems Inc. v. GE Consumer and Industrial Inc. (5th Cir. July 20, 2010)
- Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association (June 17, 2010)
- Federal Court of Appeal
SOCAN v Bell Canada (May 27, 2010) (Application for Leave filed Aug. 13, 2010)
Copyright Board Repographic Reproductons (Educational Institutions) Reasons (June 26, 2009)
- BC Supreme Court
(November 24, 2008) Canwest Mediaworks v Horizon Publications
- US Federal District Court
(Southern District NY) Viacom v YouTube (July 2, 2008) Commentary
- US Federal District Court
(Eastern District of Virginia) A.V. v IParadigms (March 11, 2008) (Commentary)
Copyright Board Reproduction of Sound Recordings by Commercial Radio Stations Reasons (Feb. 29, 2008) Commentary (Howard Knopf)
WTO (WT/DS285/ARB, Dec. 21, 2007), Press (NY Times, Register), Commentary (William Patry, Howard Knopf)
Copyright Board SOCAN Tariff 22.A (1996-2006) Internet - Online Music Services Reasons (Oct. 18, 2007)
Copyright Board Private Copying 2008-2009 Reasons (July 19, 2007)
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More fallout over SOPA/PIPA |
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Friday, 20 January 2012 |
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What is now being broadly characterized as the apparent demise of SOPA and the Protect IP Act in the wake of Wednesday's Internet blackout is generating some interesting and varied responses. Senate Majority Leader Reed annouced this morning that the Senate vote on the Protect IP Act will be postponed, and C/Net reports that Stop Online Piract Act (SOPA) will also be put on hold in the House Judiciary Committee. And the NY Times reported yesterdaythat the MPAA's Christopher Dodd would welcome a summit meeting with Internet companies, and many former Congressional supporters of the bill have retracted their support.
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Successful Internet protests: A potential turning point? |
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 |
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Yesterday's internet protests were overwhelmingly successful – it was an event of potentially historical magnitude. While the ongoing battle against expansionary (and innovation-destructive) IP legislation in the United States is nothing new, (and will continue even if these bills are defeated) there is something very different about the intensity and reach of SOPA/Protect IP Act as its implications would extend well beyond copyright enforcement. Was this event a one-time phenomena, or will it stand as marking a turning point in the ongoing debate about the over-expansion of restrictive copyright enforcement measures? Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (44) | Quote this article on your site | Print | E-mail |
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Friday, 30 September 2011 |
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Internet Filtering and Public Libraries Tuesday, October 4th - 12 noon 117 North Campus Bldg - University of Western Ontario [slide presentation] Canadian Copyright, DRM and eBooks: A Primer for Librarians Thursday, November 3rd, 2pm Education Institute/ Ontario Library Association [info] Current Trends in Library Education and Curriculum
Panel in Conference "Academic Librarianship: A Crisis or an Opportunity?" Friday, November 18th at the University of Toronto iSchool (details forthcoming)
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Minister's Remarks on Reintroduction of Copyright Bill |
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Thursday, 29 September 2011 |
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As expected, Industry Minister Christian Paradis announced this morning the reintroduction of the Copyright Modernization Act, formerly Bill C-32, now Bill C-11 . The government has also posted a FAQ, a Backgrounder, and a series of Fact Sheets. Here are the Minister's remarks accompanying the announcement.
Here are some initial reactions from the Canadian Association of University Teachers , the Canadian Federation of Students and the Canadian Internet Pollcy and Public Interest Clinic.
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More on the 'Orphan Works' controversy in the U.S. |
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Thursday, 15 September 2011 |
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Last week I wrote about the work of the HathiTrust Digital Library, a shared repository in the U.S. which is planning to make digitial copies of selected Orphan Works available to library patrons at participating universities. On September 12th, the Authors Guild, other writers groups and several individual authors filed a suit in a U.S. Federal District Court against HathiTrust , the University of Michigan and other universities for copyright infringement. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has just released a Resource Packet explaining the issue in greater detail. According to ARL's announcement the Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries "provides general information on legal and policy issues concerning orphan works and the University of Michigan’s Orphan Works Project, an FAQ, and a legal memorandum . . . which describes the legal issues associated with making orphan works digitally available." While the memo is based on U.S. Copyright Law, it is highly recommended reading for Canadians interested in providing broader digital access to works. Watch for a more detailed posting outlining the similarities and differences between Canadian and U.S. copyright laws in this area. Here are some further details about the lawsuit. . . Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (156) | Quote this article on your site | Print | E-mail |
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I am an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Before coming to Western, I was a law librarian at the Boalt Hall Law Library at the University of California at Berkeley and before that I was in private law practice in California. My doctoral work in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA focused on information policy issues. I am currently a Network Investigator and Theme Leader with the GRAND NCE and also serve on the Librarians Committee of the Canadian Association of University Teachers.
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