Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Digital-age Beatlemaniacs were feeling fine when Apple Inc. recently announced that its iTunes Store would finally have the band’s catalogue available for purchase. Though widely lamented, the delay has not generally been questioned in light of other industry grievances with iTunes, such as ubiquitous […]
Leslie Chong is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Following the court’s earlier ruling (our commentary here) in favour of The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), LimeWire has shut down its services after being served with a federal injunction that disables “LimeWire's searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and distribution features, effective immediately.” […]
Susan H. Abramovitch is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office, practising exclusively in entertainment law. Susan's practice covers all aspects of music industry transactions, as well as film, television, live theatre, multimedia, videogaming and book publishing. IPilogue Editor Stuart Freen sat down with her earlier this week to talk about the video gaming industry and […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On 22 October 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a re-hearing of its earlier decision in September, finalizing the appellate court’s ruling in favour of Eminem’s production company F.B.T., against Universal Music Group, over royalties to be paid for online music sales. […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School “Few things are more important to the future of the American economy and job creation than protecting our intellectual property”, said Senator Patrick J. Leahy while introducing the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) to the U.S. Senate on September 20, 2010. Aimed […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In a recent op-ed piece in the Montreal Gazette, Maia Davies gave her support for the new TPM provisions included in the Bill C-32 copyright reform proposals. Her argument represents the views of many creators in the country: musicians ought to be compensated for […]
Stuart Freen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Montreal Gazette recently published an op-ed piece by musician Maia Davis discussing the music industry and lost profits due to file sharing. In it, Davis laments that musicians cannot currently make a decent living selling music due to an atmosphere of entitlement amongst […]
Stu Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Federal Court of Appeal recently released a decision holding that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are not considered to be broadcasters within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act and are therefore not subject to the same levies that are imposed on traditional TV and […]
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The race for political office is competitive and fraught with risk where adversaries seek out support by advertising and creating political platforms to appeal to the majority of voters. As the cost of political campaigns mount, politicians on the campaign trail seek advantages whenever […]
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. While most of the media coverage of Bill C-32 (aka the “Copyright Modernization Act”) has focused on either the increased protection for digital locks or the new categories of user rights, the bill also includes some tough new laws aimed at stamping out illegitimate […]