DOC Releases Guidelines for Documentary Filmmakers

The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) has announced the release of its Guidelines to Fair Dealing Practices for Documentary Filmmakers. […]

By Bob Tarantino

Lyrics Websites and Copyright Licensing

I confess that back when buying an album on CD was a big part of my life, I was always […]

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POST UPDATED This post is somewhat curious to write – it is about a decision of the Canadian Federal Court of […]

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The discussion of “fan fiction” at Wikipedia begins as follows: Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF, or […]

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UPDATED BELOW The good folks at The Lawyers Weekly have published a short article of mine about the reversionary interest under […]

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The good folks at IP Osgoode‘s IPilogue blog have published a short article I wrote which explores the "incidental inclusion" exception […]

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A variety of news outlets have reported on the defamation action launched by scientist Andrew Weaver against the National Post, […]

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Copyrights and political campaigns, that is. Ben Sheffner has comprehensive post up about the lawsuit brought by Don Henley against […]

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Wikipedia maintains a “World’s Funniest Joke” page – of the three currently on offer, this joke, which apparently won top […]

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Over at IP Osgoode’s IPilogue, Billy Barnes writes about a situation where intellectual property law rubber meets the entertainment law road: […]

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How entertaining is playing a game? Gordon P. Firemark offers some thoughts, in his post Asked and Answered: Protection for […]

By Bob Tarantino