Michael Kostiuk is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property course Adherents to rights-based theory have long posited that…
Month: February 2009
Copyright in the University Setting
Brian Higgins is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property course. David Lametti’s 2001 article, “Publish and Profit?: Justifying…
Perceptions of Intellectual Property: a review by Roya Ghafele
Samantha Nasrallah is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property course. Roya Ghafele authored a report titled “Perceptions of IP:…
Facebook’s grassroots earn policy voice
Earlier this month, Facebook experienced a backlash when it changed its privacy policy. The grassroots uprising can be seen on blogs such as The Consumerist, which dissected and criticized the…
The CRTC's 'New Media' Hearings
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began hearings on February 17th in Gatineau to gain a better understanding of the “New Media” environment, to determine whether there should be some…
Intellectual Property Law: The Best Fit For Dance?
The recent situation concerning the Haka Ka Mate traditional dance is demonstrative that intellectual property law as it now stands, does not always provide the best fit. The Haka Ka…