I recently completed a placement in the legal department of The Globe and Mail as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Intensive Program. I had a fantastic time.

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Recently Canada is engaged in national dialogue about online bullying in the wake of Amanda Todd’s suicide. One aspect being discussed is what role the law should play in protecting victims of bullying.  Should new legislation be enacted, like the NDP’s proposal for a national anti-bullying strategy or should changes to the law be left to the courts?

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In celebration of Canadian Music Week, the IP Osgoode Speaker Series presented a panel discussion on “Copyright and the Music Industry” on March 22, 2012  featuring Robert Levine and Dr. Brett Danaher. Levine spoke about the current state of copyright and the public discourse surrounding it. He argued the need for more effective enforcement mechanisms for rightsholders. Dr. Danaher explored one such enforcement mechanism as he presented statistics drawn from his research on the effect of France’s Hadopi anti-piracy laws on iTunes sales.

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Posted in Copyright, copyright reform, Digital Downloads, Infringement, Music Industry, Music Industry, Technology, Uncategorized
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In Slater v Wimmer [2012] EWPCC 7, a cameraman claims copyright infringement after a skydiver provided some footage of what was billed as “the first tandem skydive over Mount Everest” to a Danish television show. As an aside, it turns out the skydive occurred about 20 km away from Everest and the adventure company that organized the excursion went bust amidst scandal and fallout from angry creditors and customers.

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