Patents are public documents, issued to inventors by individual states, certifying that the named inventor has been granted a limited monopoly to exclude other persons from working, selling or using…
Month: August 2014
N-C-Double Don’t: Student-Athletes’ Likenesses No Longer Free for Use
A landmark ruling on Friday August 8, 2014 determined that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the “NCAA”) can no longer stop its athletes from selling the rights to their own names,…
in Electronic Databases, Internet, IP, MediaLaws, Privacy, Technology, Telecommunications1by Editor
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The Italian Data Protection Authority’s Annual Report 2013 – Big Data, Transparency and Surveillance
The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On June 10, 2014, the Italian Data protection…
US Supreme Court Dials up Privacy Rights of Cell Phones During Arrest
Courts and privacy advocates across North America have long faced challenges in resolving the questions of whether police officers should be given the right to search the contents of cellphones…
in Canada, Copyright, Infringement, Innovation, Internet, Internet Sharing, Licensees, Ownership0by Editor
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Making the CBC/Radio-Canada’s Giant Castle More User-Friendly
The culture industries appear to be at a crossroads. Shifting advertising practices as well as audience viewing and consumption habits continue to contribute to new challenges and opportunities for media…
Tariffs 22.D.1 and 22.D.2 - A free preview of what's to come for SOCAN
On July 18, 2014, the world of everyone who streams music or videos containing music – that is, almost everyone who uses the internet – changed a little bit. On…