Michael Geist
Caught in the Stat: LSE Receives Criticism for its Report on Copyright in the Music Industry
Mark Twain once said that “facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” Now, many believe that the London School of Economics applied their statistics a tad too flexibly this fall when its Media Policy Project Series Editors released a brief advocating that the United Kingdom not implement its expected Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA).
New Book – The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law
In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a series of rulings in five major copyright cases (referred to as the “copyright pentalogy”). A new book has just been released that examines the possible long-term impact of these decisions.
Facing Up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada
Editor’s note: Thanks to those of you who joined us for the lecture! This page will now provide an archive of the lecture. If you are unable to see the video above, please use the following link to open Windows Media Player on your computer: Link Abstract: In December 2007, the Canadian government planned to […]