Moral Rights

A Stroke of Genius or Copyright Infringement? Mashups, Copyright, and Moral Rights in Canada

Graham Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of Dalhousie Law School's Law and Technology Institute and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology.  He is also an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. Have you ever wanted to see Metric's […]

Are Moral Rights Only Limited to those of Flesh-and-Blood?

A recent article by Professor Emir Mohammed from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law challenges the Continental notion that moral rights, as granted by Canada's Copyright Act, are solely personal rights innate to just “flesh and blood” authors. The article, entitled “Moral Rights and Mortal Rights in Canada”, was published in the April 2009 issue […]