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Orphan Works Hackathon: Final Report of the Concepts, Process and Insights

Orphan Works Hackathon: Final Report of the Concepts, Process and Insights

Introduction As the first collaboration of its kind, in February 2016, IP Osgoode and The Copyright and International Trade Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage, came together to organize the “Orphan Works Licensing Portal Hackathon”, a multi-day hackathon to develop options for a new online system to process licensing of Canadian orphan works […]

Hacking in Canada

Hacking in Canada

This blog is cross-posted with permission from Margaret Haig, Head of Copyright Delivery at the UK IPO, her original post is available here. In February, I got invited to take part in a hackathon. I took a second look at the invitation, and 'hackathon' jumped out! But we wouldn’t be hacking our way into the […]

IP Osgoode Hackathon: Using Simple Language to Solve a Complicated Problem

IP Osgoode Hackathon: Using Simple Language to Solve a Complicated Problem

IP Osgoode recently hosted the Orphan Works Hackathon at Osgoode Hall Law School. Typically, a hackathon brings together professionals from a common field, such as computer programming, and assigns them a complex problem to solve. The organizers of the Orphan Works Hackathon used the same premise but invited a broad spectrum of stakeholders of orphan […]

Thinking Outside the (Legal) Box: IP Osgoode’s Orphan Works Licensing Portal Hackathon

Thinking Outside the (Legal) Box: IP Osgoode’s Orphan Works Licensing Portal Hackathon

The Event Over the course of three days in early February 2016, IP Osgoode played host to the Orphan Works Licencing Portal Hackathon, a multidisciplinary and international event that resulted in a memorable proposal for an “Orphan Hunter.” While that may sound more like a discarded Stephen King draft than a solution to an important […]

Google Plays Nice with French Publishers, Trial Scheduled in the U.S.

Google Plays Nice with French Publishers, Trial Scheduled in the U.S.

In June, Google, Inc. received some welcome news in France after the lawsuits instigated by the French Publishers Association (Syndicat national de l’édition) and the French Author’s Association (Société des gens de lettres) were withdrawn following a successfully agreed upon “framework” settlement. Google wrote on its European Public Policy blog that the new arrangement gives […]