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8 Aug 2023, 11:18 am by Howard Knopf
. *** Howard Knopf is a policy provocateur who, after 43 years, is no longer “practising law”. [read post]
30 May 2022, 2:12 pm by Howard Knopf
So, Ariel and I were honored to present our keynote talks at ABC which are available here: •        Howard Knopf ABC Keynote May 25, 2022 •        Ariel Katz ABC Keynote May 25, 2022 These slide shows contain multiple useful links in support of the above. [read post]
10 Aug 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The early thrust of antitrust law, led by Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, was to stimulate competition among producers by dismantling uncompetitive agreements among large companies. [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 2:22 pm by Howard Knopf
  “Veni, vidi, vici”: Julius Caesar, 47 BC The more than ten-year-old effort by Access Copyright (“AC”) to impose a “mandatory tariff” through the Copyright Board on Canadian educational institutions is over in a quick, decisive, and devastating unanimous judgment from Justice Rosalie Abellaof the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”). 85 years of legislative policy and SCC jurisprudence are re-affirmed, vindicated, and continued. [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 6:28 am by Michael Geist
The Supreme Court of Canada brought a lengthy legal battle between Access Copyright and York University to an end last week, issuing a unanimous verdict written by retiring Justice Rosalie Abella that resoundingly rejected the copyright collective’s claims that its tariff is mandatory, finding that it had no standing to file a lawsuit for copyright infringement on behalf of its members, and concluding that a lower court fair dealing analysis that favoured Access Copyright was tainted with… [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 6:37 am by Michael Geist
The decision represents a major validation for University of Toronto professor Ariel Katz, whose 2015 Spectre article made the convincing case that “the spectre of a ‘mandatory tariff’ lacks any basis in law” and Howard Knopf, who has been emphasizing the importance of the mandatory tariff issue for many years. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 6:37 am by Michael Geist
The decision represents a major validation for University of Toronto professor Ariel Katz, whose 2015 Spectre article made the convincing case that “the spectre of a ‘mandatory tariff’ lacks any basis in law” and Howard Knopf, who has been emphasizing the importance of the mandatory tariff issue for many years. [read post]
17 May 2019, 4:25 am by Barry Sookman
For example, representations were made by: artists such as Andrew Morrison, Bryan Adams, and Miranda Mulholland authors such as Sylvia McNicoll and Monia Mazigh Canadian film producers Stephen Stohn (President SkyStone Media) and Scott Garvie (Shaftesbury Films) book publishers such as Kevin Hanson (Vice-Chair President of Simon & Schuster Canada) and Matt Williams (Vice-President House of Anansi Press) users such as Jason Kee of Google Canada and YouTube, Darren Schmidt of Spotify, Oiliver… [read post]
15 May 2019, 3:49 pm by Howard Knopf
The Committee simply ignored the testimony of those with whom it disagreed, including, as Michael Geist points out, Professors Jeremy de Beer, Ariel Katz, Nick Mount, Meera Nair along with author Cory Doctorow and me, lawyer Howard Knopf. [read post]
15 May 2019, 1:57 pm by Michael Geist
Professors Jeremy de Beer, Ariel Katz, Nick Mount, Meera Nair along with lawyer Howard Knopf and author Cory Doctorow all contributed to the process, but garnered no mention in the report other than being listed as participants. [read post]
2 Dec 2018, 2:59 pm by Howard Knopf
@mgeist https://t.co/Vs15ArFg3N— Howard Knopf (@howardknopf) December 2, 20183/3 For a factually up to date take on fair dealing in Canada, see @MGeist’s excellent recent series on his blog, e.g. on how books are rapidly declining as part of coursepack materials  https://t.co/jjnGN6uA10   @MGeist #CHPC #INDU— Howard Knopf (@howardknopf) December 2, 2018 [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 1:23 pm by Howard Knopf
Howard Knopf Speaking Notes for Senate BANC Committee November 21, 2018Here is the webcast of this hearing. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 4:51 pm by Howard Knopf
 On this point, I’ve been quoted on August 22, 2018 in the very paywalled WireReport as follows:“I can’t comment on any particular settlement because I don’t know thespecific facts,” Howard Knopf, a lawyer at Macera and Jarzyna, said in anemail. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 1:56 pm by Howard Knopf
”  I was asked about this for the WireReport story and was quoted as follows: “I can’t comment on any particular settlement because I don’t know thespecific facts,” Howard Knopf, a lawyer at Macera and Jarzyna, said in anemail. [read post]
1 Jul 2018, 2:18 am
Anne Daniel, Canadian Contributions to International Environmental Law on Chemicals and Wastes Dean Sherratt & Marcus Davies, Going with the Flow: Sovereignty, Cooperation and Governance of US-Canada Transboundary and Boundary Waters Suzanne Lalonde, Canada’s Influence on the Law of the Sea Intellectual Property Law Jeremy de Beer, Introduction Howard Knopf, Canada’s Role in the Relationship of Trade and Intellectual Property Ton Zuijdwijk, The Integration of the… [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 3:53 pm by Sandy Levinson
  Some of them, like Peter Edelman, I wholeheartedly agree with; others, like Philip Howard, who draws plaudits for his attacks on the sclerotic civil service and bureaucratic red-tape, I& [read post]