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Workshop on Media Suppression

Workshop on Media Suppression

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On Tuesday, March 16, IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security jointly hosted the Workshop on Media Suppression. Held at the Schulich School of Business on York University campus, the workshop was split into two halves: Livelihood (chaired […]

Jaron Lanier: the Father of Virtual Reality technology speaks at Canadian Music Week

Jaron Lanier: the Father of Virtual Reality technology speaks at Canadian Music Week

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At this year’s Canadian Music Week International Breakfast event, Jaron Lanier had a few moments to call upon his audience of fellow music industry top thinkers and executives to consider this question: “What happens when we stop shaping technology and it starts shaping us?” […]

US Supreme Court: Federal courts have jurisdiction over copyright infringement cases

US Supreme Court: Federal courts have jurisdiction over copyright infringement cases

Brandon Evenson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United States Supreme Court recently decided the case of Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick, holding that § 411(a) of the Copyright Act is not jurisdictional.  At issue were the rights of freelance authors in their unregistered works.  This case is part of the aftermath […]