Let’s assume you’re a French musician part of a hip British indie-rock band. 30 years later, you discover that an Austrian company has been making unauthorized CDs and a UK-based…
Category: Moral Rights
Law, Culture, Critique
On May 10, 2013, York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School Graduate Law Student Association (GLSA) held a two day Graduate Student Law Conference at the Oakham House at Ryerson University…
Pride and Property: IP Law, Traditional Knowledge, and Cultural Heritage
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single culture in possession of good traditional knowledge must be in want of intellectual property rights.” (more…)
Vandals, Remixed: The Copyrightability of “Defaced” Works
Adam Del Gobbo’s recent post addressed some pertinent issues surrounding remix culture, which is outlined in Professor Lawrence Lessig’s 2008 book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid…
Behold, the Monkey – When Painting Restoration Goes Viral
While “going viral” is a phrase more likely to be used in reference to musicians such as PSY (of “Gangnam Style” fame), a painting has received world-wide notoriety due to…
Potential Sabotage: Is that What’cha Want?
Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and the estate of the recently deceased Adam “MCA” Yauch (“the Beastie Boys”) have launched an action against Monster Energy Drink (hereafter “Monster”)…