 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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Multiple choice test on AUCC and CRIA |
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Q: What do AUCC and CRIA have in common? a) they both have four initials in their acronym b) they are both very active in copyright policy matters in Canada c) they share the same legal counsel in sensitive and related pending legal matters. d) all of the above Answer tomorrow. A. The correct answer is (d), all of the above. According to the Supreme Court of Canada's online docket for the pending SOCAN appeal, counsel substituted in for the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) on May 31st: | 2011-05-31 | Notice of change of counsel, From Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP to Glen A. Bloom of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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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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