 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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Government Copyright Bill to be Introduced on Thursday |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Despite a number of false starts, it appears as if the government will finally table its Copyright Bill tomorrow, Thursday June 12th.
According to a government press release issued today, there will be a press lock-up at the National Press Building at 9:30 a.m. followed by ministerial statements at 10:45 a.m. If this schedule holds, and if indeed this is not yet another false alarm, I would expect the bill to be available to the public by mid-day.
According to a report in today’s National Post,the bill will contain “a number of contentious provisions including: -- A $500 fine for each illegal file shared online -- Making it illegal to unlock cellphones or copy music from protected CDs to iPods -- Forbidding the right to copy "time shifted" shows onto personal video recorders if flagged by broadcasters.” The Report also indicates that the ministers will unveil the bill under the slogan "Made In Canada Copyright Reform," a claim which is highly dubious should the bill be even nearly as bad as expected. Look for a battle of the slogans with the opposition raising "Born in the U.S.A." as a retort. While you’re waiting for the text of the bill to be released, which will no doubt be followed by an avalanche of commentary, you might want to take a look at a very impressive comic book entitled 51st State posted on the appropriation art website.
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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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