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Microsoft-Nokia Alliance a Win-Win Solution?

Microsoft-Nokia Alliance a Win-Win Solution?

Marisa Lau is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In the past few years, Nokia’s global […]

UK's Ofcom to Review Controversial Website-Blocking Powers in Digital Economy Act 2010

UK's Ofcom to Review Controversial Website-Blocking Powers in Digital Economy Act 2010

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United Kingdom’s coalition government has asked telecommunications regulator Ofcom to review certain parts of the Digital Economy Act 2010 which would force ISPs to block access to websites that enable copyright infringement.

Bill C-32 Hearings Continue

Bill C-32 Hearings Continue

Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The Legislative Committee on Bill C-32 is continuing to hear from stakeholders regarding the proposed Copyright Modernization Act.  Most recently, the Committee heard from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), la Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction […]

Best of Luck to Fox IP Mooters!

Best of Luck to Fox IP Mooters!

IP Osgoode wishes the best of luck to the Osgoode team for the 3rd Annual Harold G. Fox Moot (2011 Canadian IP Moot) : Anna Koppelman, Devin Doyle, Jonathan Park, Kimberly Lawton, and Leanna Yue.  Many thanks to their coaches, Casey Chisick, Shane Hardy, and Timothy Pinos from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.

US Court Confirms: There is No Fair Use Exception to Digital Lock Provisions under the DMCA

US Court Confirms: There is No Fair Use Exception to Digital Lock Provisions under the DMCA

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. There has been heated debate in Canada regarding technological protection measures (TPMs), particularly against the backdrop of the amendments to the Copyright Act proposed by Bill C-32. At issue in many of these discussions is the extent to which circumventing TPMs should be illegal; for instance, […]

Blogging, Tweeting and the Next Generation of Scholarly Collaboration

Blogging, Tweeting and the Next Generation of Scholarly Collaboration

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Academic bloggers gathered at Osgoode Hall Law School to discuss their insights and experiences working with online forums through blogging and other social media sites. The panel discussion took place on February 9, 2011 and included Professors Simon Fodden, Sonia Lawrence, Kate Sutherland, and Giuseppina […]

Fair Use for Poetry: Best Practices for Parody, Satire, Remixes, Epigraphs and Other Uses

Fair Use for Poetry: Best Practices for Parody, Satire, Remixes, Epigraphs and Other Uses

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. “Poetry, as a highly allusive art form, fundamentally relies on the poet’s ability to quote, to copy, and to ‘play’ with others’ language” – so says the Center for Social Media of American University (CSM).  CSM has assembled the Code of Best Practices in […]

To Mix or Not to Mix: Bill C-32 “Mash Up” Provision is Getting Attention

To Mix or Not to Mix: Bill C-32 “Mash Up” Provision is Getting Attention

Wendy Serres is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. DJs throughout Canada may well rejoice when […]