Carys Craig

The Canadian Public Domain: What, Where, and to What End?

Professor Carys Craig (Osgoode Hall Law School) has a new paper available on SSRN.  Her article is described below. This essay explores the important body of scholarship that has emerged on the substance, nature, and role of the public domain in intellectual property law. I offer some concrete definitions of the public domain in the […]

Recognizing Canada's Public Domain

Carys Craig is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. In copyright law, the term "public domain" is commonly used to describe the sphere in which contents are free from copyright protection. The typical example is that of a work whose protection has expired, or one that fails to meet the minimum requirements.  Such […]