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
in Canada, Copyright, events, Fair Dealing, Fashion Industry, Feature Post, Infringement, IP, Moral Rights, Music Industry, Music Industry, Originality0by Editor
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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…
in Canada, Commercialization, Copyright, Digital Libraries, Human Rights, IP, IP Reform, Moral Rights, Ownership, Patents, Social Justice, Trademarks, WIPO0by Editor
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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”)…