Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. An agreement has recently been made between the largest music, television and motion picture companies and the leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to create the “copyright alert” system. The main purpose of this system is to notify subscribers when their accounts are being used […]
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Victoria Espinel, the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, in a post on the White House Blog, commends an agreement between Internet service providers and entertainment companies to cooperate to combat online infringement.
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. When Parliament was dissolved on March 25, 2011, over a dozen criminal justice related bills died with it. During their subsequent election campaign, the Conservative party announced plans to bundle the unpassed bills into an omnibus crime bill, and pass it through Parliament within 100 days […]
Brian Parker is a 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. Uncertainty in the efficacy of current Canadian copyright legislation to address […]
Tom Gertner 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. It is inherently difficult for record labels […]
Clara Klein is a 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. The dissolution of Parliament on March 25th has led the Copyright […]
Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Digital media has been prominent in Canadian minds lately. From the recent copyright consultations to the outcry over the usage based billing decision, digital content and the way we receive it is becoming increasingly important to Canadians. As our society navigates the digital age, […]
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) is currently formulating a “code of conduct” for the Internet Service Provider (ISP) industry in order to clarify the reasonable steps ISPs should take if their subscribers have engaged in copyright infringement.