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26 Mar 2018, 7:16 am by Ben
Rather, the fair dealing exemption only permits the use of “short excerpts” for educational purposes.However, the WritersUnion of Canada says poorly defined changes to the Copyright Act prompted many Canadian schools “to adopt radically expanded copying practices, abandoning the established licensing structure that saw writers and publishers compensated for the use of their work. [read post]
16 May 2012, 2:08 pm by Betsy McKenzie
"It’s a question of equity and fairness," he said, for both the authors and readers, and the publisher should have discussed the issues with the WritersUnion of Canada and the Canadian Publisher’s Council. [read post]
27 Mar 2022, 3:36 pm by Ilya Somin
In recent weeks, the US, Canada, and other countries have in fact opened their doors to Ukrainians more than before, though much more can and should be done. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 1:10 am by Michael Geist
That point seems to have been missed in this response from Alan Cumyn of the Writers' Union of Canada. [read post]
17 Oct 2019, 6:10 am by Michael Geist
The Writers Union goes even further, arguing that the Department of Canadian Heritage should complete the copyright review. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 11:01 am by Administrator
For those who moved out of private practice, that could mean working as in-house counsel with corporations or unions, working in government, starting businesses, going back to school (M.B.A. and LL.M. were mentioned), o [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 11:01 am by Administrator
For those who moved out of private practice, that could mean working as in-house counsel with corporations or unions, working in government, starting businesses, going back to school (M.B.A. and LL.M. were mentioned), o [read post]
11 Aug 2021, 3:24 pm by Kurt Opsahl
  While Canada has yet to adopt an explicit requirement for plain text access, the Canadian government is actively pursuing filtering obligations for various online platforms, which raise the spectre of a more aggressive set of obligations targeting private messaging applications. [read post]
28 Jul 2013, 5:30 am by Barry Sookman
Congress to vote on limiting NSA spying powers http://t.co/nC6mUxxrqD -> Court Upholds Ruling on Dish Network’s ‘Hopper’ http://t.co/owKM0irIuW -> Writers Union Survey on Fair Dealing http://t.co/NuPWKm9B12 -> Fourth Circuit: Clickwrap Agreement Fulfills Writing Requirement for Copyright Transfer http://t.co/2fE77SBCeW -> Harmony Gold Sues Hasbro for Copyright Infringement Over Toy http://t.co/dvLfegN8x5 -> Digital Music News – Why… [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 6:20 am by Barry Sookman
” That sentence ended with a footnote to Section 38.1(4) of the Act which provides for statutory damages of between 3 and 10 times the royalties due under a tariff. [2] “Launch of Creative Canada – The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage”, Speech, Sept 28, 2017 [3] “Consultations launched on reforming Copyright Board of Canada”, August 9, 2017. [4] The industry groups and collectives included Canadian Retransmission… [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 5:02 pm by Georgialee Lang
Lang is a writer, speaker and media commentator whose publications range from the Huffington Post to the National Post , The Advocate , The Verdict, and Law360 Canada. [read post]
5 Oct 2014, 11:22 pm by INFORRM
Canada It is reported that the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees has filed a Can$500,000 defamation lawsuit against Kathleenn Smith, a local tweeter, Jason Tucker, an Ontario politician and an unidentified blogger for Internet statements about an ongoing labour strike. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 11:43 pm by Michael Geist
  In reviewing copying practices in the law library of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the court stated "the fair dealing exception, like other exceptions in the Copyright Act, is a user’s right. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 6:16 am by Lloyd J. Jassin
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18 May 2013, 5:30 am by Barry Sookman
| The Writers' Union of Canada http://t.co/WUAvh6LWhk -> Review of Canadian University Fair Dealing Policies by Lisa Di Valentino http://t.co/RM6ytIP0g9 -> Privacy commissioner reminds APRA of data offshoring rules http://t.co/gWlnuYGq3m -> U.K., Canada and other data watchdogs joins global privacy policy compliance audit http://t.co/wKu7WM2mXI -> Data protection now a mainstream concern for business – Technology http://t.co/bTYfJA1W4c ->… [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Martin Kratz
An overview into the European Union’s efforts to regulate different aspects of AI systems is provided by Ja De Bruyne and Brahim Benichou in Chapter 15. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 6:33 am
(TorrentFreak) Shanghai’s ‘bad girl’ writer Mian Mian sues Google over scanning, displaying ‘Acid Lover’ novel (IP Dragon) Why are China video sites buying more copyrighted content? [read post]
14 May 2010, 12:07 am by Michael Geist
  It matters because I am a writer and I need certainty of access to speak freely. [read post]
26 Dec 2016, 4:30 am by Ben
2016 - it's been another frantic copyright year - and buzz words and themes for the twelve months included 'the value gap' between the content industries and the technology giants, linking, that 'new public', fair use, 'transformative' art, and the ongoing reform of copyright laws - in Europe, and in particular reforms to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the USA. [read post]