Graham Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of Dalhousie Law School’s Law and Technology Institute and…
Category: Fair Dealing
Movie Monsters, Fair Use and Best Practices in the U.S.
Patricia Aufderheide is a Professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington. She is also the Director of the Center for Social Media. The U.S. doctrine of…
Original | Inspiration: Where to draw the line between flattery and copyright infringement
It is often said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but in the world of copyright, flattery is a much more controversial act. If you are not already…
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Turnitin's Fight Against Plagiarism Does Not Violate Student Intellectual Property Rights: A Dissenting Opinion
Stephen Sharon is a recent graduate of Touro Law School in New York where he focused on intellectual property. Stephen was also the first place winner of the Nathan Burkan…
Parody As Fair Dealing, Eh?
s. 29.1 of Canada’s Copyright Act provides that fair dealing for the purpose of criticism does not infringe copyright if the source is mentioned. The main issue then is whether parody –…
The reasonable expectation of the consumer in her personal use of musical recordings: how much weight does it have in the balance?
Pascale Chapdelaine is a Ph.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of IP Osgoode. Pascale’s thesis focuses on the interaction between consumer law and copyright law. What…