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IPilogue is IP Osgoode’s online journal of IP Law and Technology. It publishes analysis and commentary on current pressing intellectual property, technology, privacy and related legal issues. The IPilogue is known for its unbiased, evidence-based discussion and informative presentation of current intellectual property law news and issues. IPilogue features consistent contributions from students, scholars, and experts from within the Osgoode community. We also welcome interdisciplinary contributions from professionals and scholars in various disciplines outside of law.

Russian Music site says it will reopen

Nov 13, 20071 min read

AllofMP3, a music-download site, announced that it will reopen after a Russian court acquitted the site’s former owner of violating IP law. The site was…

Break the chains and unlock your iPhone

Nov 13, 20071 min read

Intuitively it feels strange to ask whether consumers have a legal right to unlock iPhones, their own personal property. We don’t ask whether someone has…

YouTube: A Test-Case for Copyright Protection in the Digital Age

Nov 13, 20072 min read

The YouTube phenomenon has swept the Internet in a relatively short period of time, but with this popularity has also come an onslaught of copyright…

The Pirate is off the hook in liability Never-Never Land

Nov 13, 20071 min read

In August 2007, an unnamed 16 year old from Aix-en-Provence, France, was arrested, detained, and subsequently released for posting his own unauthorised French translation of…

Canadian activist Doctorow warns of threat from Google, government databases

Nov 13, 20071 min read

Information is a very powerful thing. Indeed, in the mind of Canadian activist Cory Doctorow it would seem as though it is perhaps the most…

New weapons used in pursuit of film pirates

Nov 13, 20072 min read

The lights dimmed. I settled into my seat. This was the world premiere of British film Boy A, screening one Sunday night at the Toronto…