Bill C-11, TPMs, Private Use and Statutory Damages
UPDATED BELOW The Montreal Gazette ran an editorial today regarding Bill C-11 (the Copyright Modernization Act) (The Gazette’s View: Bringing copyright […]
UPDATED BELOW The Montreal Gazette ran an editorial today regarding Bill C-11 (the Copyright Modernization Act) (The Gazette’s View: Bringing copyright […]
Selected commentary on Bill C-11 (The Copyright Modernization Act): Sundeep Chauhan’s primer on Bill C-32 (the previous iteration of the […]
On September 29, 2011, the Canadian government tabled Bill C-11 (the Copyright Modernization Act), which is effectively a re-introduction of Bill […]
The federal government has announced that it will be re-introducing Bill C-32 (The Copyright Modernization Act), which would have added “parody” as […]
As has been mentioned on this blog numerous times, the “clearance” process for obtaining “errors and omissions” (E&O) insurance for […]
A number of news outlets have recently reported on the flood of litigation which is expected to arise in the […]
The good folks at the Lawyers Weekly have published a short piece of mine (in their July 1, 2011 issue) […]
Let’s imagine someone wants to use a photograph of a very old painting in their movie or television show (or, […]
On May 30, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlement agreements reached among the four major Canadian […]
The Copyright Act (Canada) extends copyright protection to “architectural works” (a subset of “artistic works”) – does a filmmaker need permission […]
When a celebrity (or anyone else) walks down a red carpet, what are they consenting to in terms of the […]
About a year ago, we posted about Tattoos On Screen, offering a brief overview about the errors and omissions clearance […]