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The Academy Awards Selfie Rights Debate

The Academy Awards Selfie Rights Debate

Copyright ownership in Ellen Degeneres' famous Oscar Twitter Selfie, which holds the record for most retweets, might be unclear, but for the average citizen sharing the picture, it doesn’t matter much. Canada’s fair dealing and the United States’ fair use exemptions cover the most common types of sharing and dissemination of the image.

No Beer and No TV Makes Judge Levy $10M fine for Simpsons, Family Guy Streaming

No Beer and No TV Makes Judge Levy $10M fine for Simpsons, Family Guy Streaming

Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps illegal streaming down? The Federal Court of Canada does! (May the pop-culture references commence.) The Federal Court of Canada made international news by handing down one of the harshest copyright sentences in its history, a fine of over $10M. The defendant is only 23 years old.

An Interview with James Williams and Michael Power: Putting Privacy and Data Protection Under the Lens

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 Michael Power (Osgoode site, personal site) for their insight on the exciting contemporary debates in the field.

Diagnosing Ontario's Electronic Medical Records Bill: Healthier, but Not Out of the Woods Yet

Diagnosing Ontario's Electronic Medical Records Bill: Healthier, but Not Out of the Woods Yet

The Ontario Government's new electronic health records bill has passed its second reading. The Electronic Personal Health Information Protection Act (Bill 78, EPHIPA or EHR Act), is a responsive and important - yet still wanting - update to Ontario's 2004 electronic health records legislation.