If we are going to be fair, the cryptocurrency idea dates back to almost forty years ago. In an article published in the Wall Street Journal on August 19, 1977,…
Category: Open-Source
in Canada, Cloud Services, Electronic Databases, European Union, Feature Post, Human Rights Issues, Identity Theft, Innovation, Internet, IP, IP Course Topic, Jurisdiction, Open-Source, Privacy, UK, US0by Editor
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An Interview with James Williams and Michael Power: Putting Privacy and Data Protection Under the Lens
The course Comparative Law: Privacy and Data Protection is offered this coming term at Osgoode Law School. IP Osgoode interviewed the course co-professors, James Williams (Osgoode site, personal site) and…
Free software and comparative evaluation in the Italian Public Administration
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. The age-old question on the use of…
in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy, Canada, Commercialization, Copyright, Copyright Reform, Digital Downloads, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Open-Source, Ownership, Regulatory Policy, UK, Uncategorized, US0by Editor
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Game of Thones - Piracy is Coming
TorrentFreak has reported that the first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season three broke historic download records, with more than a million as of April 1st, 2013. Canada ranked…
in Copyright, European Union, Fair Dealing, Feature Post, Infringement, Innovation, Licensees, Open-Source, Ownership, US1by Editor
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Oracle Fails to Predict Copyright Case Outcome Against Google
The copyright and patent dispute between Oracle and Google continues, however a partial verdict on the copyright side of the debate has been handed down. (more…)
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Google’s API Motion To Dismiss Oracle’s Java Copyright Claims Is Defeated
Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google’s attempt to dismiss via summary judgment copyright infringement accusations from Oracle against its Java-based Android operating system have…