Reactions to SCC’s Copyright Pentalogy: News and Commentary
Here are the CanLII links to the 5 Supreme Court decisions of July 12th:
Entertainment Software Assoc v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 34
Rogers Communications Inc. v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 35
And here are some reports and commentary on the cases:
- AUCC: (to be added when available)
- ACCC: Inside ACCC (President’s Update, August 18, 2012)
- Access Copyright: Impact of SC copyright decision limited to small proportion of copying in schools, AC says
- Canadian Association of Research Libraries: (to be added when available)
- CAUT: SC copyright decisions uphold fair dealing rights, marking big victory for education and research
- Canadian Federation of Students: SC ruling on copyright a victory for students
- CASA: SC backs broad interpretation of fair dealing
- Canadian Library Association: (to be added when available)
- Computer and Communications Industry Association: Canadian Supreme Court rules in favor of Apple, others including CCIA
- CMEC: CMEC Copyright Consortium pleased with SC decision
- Music Canada (CRIA): (to be added when available)
- ReSound: SC rules in film and TV case
- SOCAN: SOCAN responds to SCC rulings
- University of Toronto Student Union: University of Toronto students hopeful that copyright decision will halt unfair fees
- Bereskin & Parr: Big copyright news from the SCC
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon: SCC deals fair blows to copyright owners
- Cassels Brock: Copyright in transition: SCC rules on five copyright appeals
- Paul Daly: Standard of review in copyright cases
- Jeremy de Beer (Special to Financial Post): Counterpoint: Copyright decisions will grow the market
- John Degen: SC painfully divided on educational use of copyright-protected materials
- Dimock Stratton: SC issues key copyright rulings (linking to more further analysis)
- Fasken Martineau: Hard to copy: FM lawyers play active role in copyright law cases decided by SCC
- Lorraine Fleck (IP Address Blog): SCC: Photocopies for primary and secondary school instruction constitutes Fair Dealing
- Michael Geist: SCC stands up for Fair Dealing in stunning sweep of cases
- Michael Geist: Why the SC’s copyright decisions eviscerate Access Copyright’s business model
- Daniel Gervais: A shakeup in Canadian copyright policy?
- Mark Hayes: (several entries with case analysis)
- Howard Knopf: A Proud and Progressive Pentalogy Day in Canadian Copyright Law
- Graham Smith: How tech law principles are starting to mould copyright
- Alan Shanoff (SunMedia): Reports of death of copyright law greatly exaggerated
- Kevin Smith (DukeU Libraries): Redefining research
- Barry Sookman: The SC rules on copyright
- Barry Sookman: Did the SC supplant the market for Access Copyright licenses?
- Bob Tarantino: 5 cases that shook the world: An entertainment lawyer’s guide to the copyright pentalogy
- American University Intellectual Property Brief (Tamara Winegus): Pento-Cost: SCC delivers five copyright decisions from on high expanding users rights and defining royalty entitlements in the digital age
- Ars Technica: Canadian Supreme Court embraces fair use in landmark decision: Court smacks down copyright collectives, big content
- Bloomberg BNA (Rebecca E. Hoffman): Life isn’t fair but dealing can be
- Bloomberg BNA (Rebecca E. Hoffman): More on the Canadian copyright battles
- Calgary Herald: Teachers’ association, province hail copyright ruling on photocopying textbooks
- CBC News: SC ruling scraps royalty for music downloads
- Chronicle Herald (Halifax): Copyright rulings: High court gets it right
- The Court (Mekhala Chaubal): Tariff, Away: Re:Sound v Motion Picture Association of Canada
- Financial Post: SCC gives wide interpretation to ‘fair dealing’ in copyright saga
- FP Comment (Terence Corcoran): Free rides on the tech taxi: SC decisions radically reduce the copyright of creators
- Globe & Mail: SC scraps some copyright fees on downloads
- IP Osgoode/IPilogue (Adam Jacobs): The Fivefecta: Canada’s SC releases 5 significant copyright decisions
- IP Osgoode/Ipilogue (Nancy Situ): Considering Canada’s SC decisions in this week’s WIPO proceedings
- IP Osgoode/Ipilogue (Nancy Situ): SOCAN v Bell: A victory for fair dealing, consumers?
- IP Osgoode/Ipilogue (Mekhala Chaubal): Fairly dealt: Strong statement by the SCC in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright
- Lethbridge Herald: Copyright ruling fair for schools
- London Community News: Downloading? Photocopying? SC’s on your side
- Metro London: Educators, students come out on top in copyright ruling, London expert says
- Music Industry News Network: Copyright day in Canada: SC releases 5 decisions
- Quill & Quire: SC rules against Access Copyright photocopying tariff
- The Star: Copyright law a win for educators and telecoms as court reins in fees
- Slaw (Tamir Israel): SCC issues rulings on copyright pentalogy
- The Spec: Mac student union seeks clarity on university copyright deal after court ruling
- TechDirt (Leigh Beadon): Great day for Canadian Copyright
- TechDirt (Glyn Moody): Are the courts finally trying to bring some balance back to copyright?
- Vancouver Sun: SC trims book, music copyright fees
- The Writers’ Union of Canada: TWUC responds to the SC ruling [pdf]