piracy

Increase in Manga Piracy – Considering Lawful Avenues for Content Access

The Era of Digital Pirates and Why Anti-Piracy Ads Have Failed to Make a Difference

Russian Cinemas Resort to Pirated Films to Stay Alive

Play Somari on GS5 – A Counterfeit Console Story

Canada Should Not Be Left Behind as the US Moves Towards a Right to Repair

Playing with Piracy: Roblox Settles $200M Music Copyright Lawsuit

Embracing Technology: A New Hope for Digital Distribution

On March 7th, the 16th annual Osgoode Entertainment & Sports Law Association Conference brought together students and professionals to explore emerging issues in entertainment and sports law. 

Game of Thones – Piracy is Coming

TorrentFreak has reported that the first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season three broke historic download records, with more than a million as of April 1st, 2013. Canada ranked fourth internationally in terms of the highest number of TorrentFreak S3E1 downloads, representing 7.4% of total downloads at the time of reporting.

How Music Can Help You, And You Can Help Music – An Interview With Graham Henderson

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Graham Henderson, President of Music Canada, who will be inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame on Thursday, March 21 as part of Canadian Music Week 2013. In addition to representing record labels such as Sony, Universal and Warner, Music Canada’s role is to […]

The Impact of Free Music Downloads on the Purchase of Music CDs in Canada

This report examines data on the effects of Internet peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing activities on music purchasing which were obtained from a survey commissioned by Industry Canada. The survey was designed to “inform Industry Canada’s policy development work” [1] and ultimately therefore support better policy decisions regarding the copyright law in Canada.