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A Continuation Of The Super-Injunction Saga: Is There An End In Sight?

A Continuation Of The Super-Injunction Saga: Is There An End In Sight?

Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. Recent developments in the UK, including the notorious case of a famous footballer and a report from Lord Neuberger, have once again called into question the use of the super-injunction as a method of protecting privacy prompting responses from MPs, the judiciary, and […]

Internet Filtering In Turkey: Censorship Gone Too Far?

Internet Filtering In Turkey: Censorship Gone Too Far?

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. New internet filtering rules set to commence in Turkey as of August 2011 have gathered international attention and raised the ire of many Turkish citizens recently. Turkey is set to introduce four new internet content filtering options: family, children, domestic, or standard as part […]

Did Copyright Concerns Motivate The White House’s Bin Laden Photo Decision?

Did Copyright Concerns Motivate The White House’s Bin Laden Photo Decision?

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Despite public calls driven by morbid curiosity and a yen for closure, the White House has decided not to release the post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden. According to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the decision was motivated in part by concern that […]

EU Court Quashes F1 President’s Quest For Stronger Privacy Protection For Celebrities

EU Court Quashes F1 President’s Quest For Stronger Privacy Protection For Celebrities

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Former Formula One president, Max Mosley, recently launched a complaint attempting to strengthen privacy protections for public figures. If the legal bid were successful, it would require news organizations to notify individuals who were the subject matter of a publication. The European Court of […]

Lawsuit Against CNET’s Download.com Attempts to Expand the Scope of Liability for Illegal File-Sharing

Lawsuit Against CNET’s Download.com Attempts to Expand the Scope of Liability for Illegal File-Sharing

Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 3, 2011, a coalition of artists, led by FilmON founder and billionaire movie mogul Alki David, filed a copyright infringement suit against CBS Interactive, its subsidiary CNET, and the Lime Group, owners of the illegal file-sharing platform Limewire.

How Private Information Became “News of the World”

How Private Information Became “News of the World”

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As the volume of litigants and evidence stacks up against News of the World amid the ongoing British phone-hacking scandal, onlookers have increasingly begun to wonder how it had gotten so far without any serious repercussions. New investigations not only give concerning accounts of […]

Super-Injunctions v. Freedom of Speech: An Ongoing Battle in the UK

Super-Injunctions v. Freedom of Speech: An Ongoing Battle in the UK

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, recently gave a speech to the Judicial Studies Board Annual Lecture entitled “Open Justice Unbound?” where he addressed current judicial developments in the UK dealing with open justice and freedom of speech, in particular, the rise in […]