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Book Review - Copyright, Contracts, Creators: New Media, New Rules

Book Review - Copyright, Contracts, Creators: New Media, New Rules

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In this digital era where authors and creators are scrambling to regain a hold on the copyright in their works, Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino’s new book, Copyright, Contracts, Creators: New Media, New Rules, is a timely and compelling contribution to the world of copyright literature. […]

MPAA Copyright Compliance Letters – coming to a Higher Education Institution near you

MPAA Copyright Compliance Letters – coming to a Higher Education Institution near you

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has begun sending letters to American universities and colleges notifying them that the Higher Education Opportunity Act requirements for combating piracy are already in effect and that the MPAA will be sending warning notices of any copyright […]

Viacom v. YouTube: Part Deux

Viacom v. YouTube: Part Deux

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School This past Friday, Viacom submitted its long-awaited appeal to the New York District Court decision in favour of YouTube issued earlier this year in June. Reports state that the 72 page appeal contends that Judge Stanton erred in affording YouTube the DMCA’s safe habour provision […]

Botox vs Botumax: EGC rules TM case in favour of Botox

Botox vs Botumax: EGC rules TM case in favour of Botox

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Whether it’s the topic of discussion in a cosmetics magazine or the latest legal defence, the botulinum toxin (aka ‘Botox’) makes its reputation known around the world. Thanks in part to the product’s marketing and placement in the Hollywood limelight, Allergan, Inc. has enjoyed a […]

Eminem iTunes Royalties Decision Stands

Eminem iTunes Royalties Decision Stands

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On 22 October 2010, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a re-hearing of its earlier decision in September, finalizing the appellate court’s ruling in favour of Eminem’s production company F.B.T., against Universal Music Group, over royalties to be paid for online music sales. […]

Harry Potter and the Plagiarist Author?

Harry Potter and the Plagiarist Author?

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Despite the multi-billion dollar success J.K. Rowling has achieved with her Harry Potter franchise (or perhaps in light of that success), Rowling has been unable to side-step copyright infringement lawsuits. On 14 October 2010, Justice Kitchin of London’s High Court held that plagiarism allegations […]

The COICA: A Proposed Online Infringement “Crack Down”

The COICA: A Proposed Online Infringement “Crack Down”

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School “Few things are more important to the future of the American economy and job creation than protecting our intellectual property”, said Senator Patrick J. Leahy while introducing the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) to the U.S. Senate on September 20, 2010. Aimed […]

Netflix Launches Internet Video Streaming Service in Canada

Netflix Launches Internet Video Streaming Service in Canada

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Yesterday, Netflix launched its leading Internet movie subscription service in Canada, hoping to add “meaningfully to the entertainment choices available to Canadian consumers”. For $7.99 a month, Netflix is offering unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows to anyone with a broadband […]

Reconsidering Driveway Privacy

Reconsidering Driveway Privacy

Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In a decision with “big brother” dimensions, the 9th Circuit on August 12, 2010 affirmed a ruling that the Fourth Amendment right is not violated when law enforcement agents enter a driveway without a warrant to plant a surveillance device on one’s car. With […]