Protecting the Public Domain: WIPO Releases Study on Copyright and the Public Domain

Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) has released a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain”, prepared by Professor Séverine Dusollier of the University of Namur, Belgium.  The Study recognizes that many business models now thrive on the public domain, […]

A Bit of Money Could Legitimise Torrent Sites

Brian Parker is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Uncertainty in the efficacy of current Canadian copyright legislation to address […]

Cloud-Based Content and TPMs: the Cloud’s Part in the Next Incarnation of Copyright Reform

Clara Klein is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. The dissolution of Parliament on March 25th has led the Copyright […]

CBA Canvassed Issues on IPS Liability in Now Dead Bill C-32

Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Over 30 days in January and February of 2011, Google received […]

Australia’s Federal Court rules ISPs must help prevent Copyright Infringement

Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In a recent ruling, the Federal Court of Australia […]

Techies, Artists and Collective Societies Weigh in on Bill C-32

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Members from various communities impacted by the current copyright reform had a chance to voice their praise and concerns with the proposed amendments in Bill C-32. During their opening statements at the Legislative Committee hearings held on March 8 and 10, 2011, speakers that […]

Tweeters Beware!

Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The UK Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that re-publishing Twitter messages in a national newspaper is not an invasion of privacy.

Alternative to the iPod, Cloud Technology and Music Sales

Aaron Kleinman is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Utilizing online services, like Grooveshark, Pandora, Spotify, […]

UK's Ofcom to Review Controversial Website-Blocking Powers in Digital Economy Act 2010

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United Kingdom’s coalition government has asked telecommunications regulator Ofcom to review certain parts of the Digital Economy Act 2010 which would force ISPs to block access to websites that enable copyright infringement.

Consumer: Time to get your Head out of the Clouds?

Jennifer Webb is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Although the definition of cloud computing can […]