C-32 enablement remedy targets secondary copyright infringement
Mark Twain once famously commented, “Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.” Canadian copyright law bears the burden of his axiom more than most....
View ArticleDevelopments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2010-2011)
Here are the slides used in my presentation to the Toronto Computer Lawyers Group earlier today, The Year in Review: Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2010-2011). It covers...
View ArticleReining in the rhetoric on copyright reform
This blog post is a longer version of the article entitled This Bill is no SOPA published in the Financial Post today. While recent attempts by the usual suspects making hysterical predictions about...
View ArticleMichael Geist: A question of values
With Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act, on its way to clause by clause review Canadians have a chance to think about what values they want copyright to reflect. Canadians are being bombarded...
View ArticleDevelopments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2011-2012)
Here are the slides used in my presentation to the Toronto Computer Lawyers Group earlier today, The Year in Review: Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2011-2012). It covers...
View ArticleMy remarks to the Senate Committee studying Bill C-11
The following are my opening remarks to the Senate Committee studying Bill C-11 earlier today. The link to the webcast can be found here. I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to appear...
View ArticleUnderstanding Flava Works v myVidster: does inline linking infringe copyright?
Last week, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals released its opinion in the Flava Works, Inc, v Gunter dba myVidster 2012 WL 3124826 (7th.Cir. Aug 2, 2012) case. The central issue was whether...
View ArticleUMG v Veoh: US appeal court sides with Veoh in appeal
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released a revised opinion in the Veoh Networks case, UMG Recordings v Shelter Capital Partners No. 09—55902 (9th.Cir. Marc. 14, 2013), superseding the...
View ArticleProving copyright infringement: John Kaldor Fabricmaker v Lee Ann Fashions
To prove copyright infringement, the claimant has the onus of proving two things: first the alleged infringer created his or her work by copying from the copyright owner’s work (copying in fact);...
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