Marsha Cadogan is a Ph.D candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. Personality interest in Music Copyright – Commentary on Professor David D. Troutt’s article “I Own…
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Patry and Sheffner Debate Huge Jury Awards in RIAA Lawsuits
There is an interesting debate going on right now between William Patry and Ben Sheffner at the Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars blog. It centres on the verdicts in…
A Stroke of Genius or Copyright Infringement? Mashups, Copyright, and Moral Rights in Canada
Graham Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of Dalhousie Law School’s Law and Technology Institute and…
Procol Harum Organist Awarded Royalties, Turns a Greener Shade of Pale
42 years after playing the memorable organ solo on “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, ex-Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher has finally been awarded a share of the song’s royalties. Despite…
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Open Core Licensing: Arguments and Applications
Open core licensing, also known as commercial extensions, is a licensing regime that offers core components for free, but charges licensees for additional premium products. The approach is a twist…
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Virgin Media offers unlimited music downloads to customers in UK
Virgin Media and Universal Music Group have taken the plunge into an ISP and digital music collaboration to provide customers in the UK with unlimited access to MP3 downloads and…