Authors’ Groups File Complaint Against Google For Mass Copyright Infringement

Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The dust over Google’s 6-year long litigation with the Authors Guild has not even begun to settle, when already the next copyright infringement dispute between the two parties seems to be looming. For more information regarding the now-infamous Google Books Lawsuit, see the article […]

EU Proposal Seeks To Make Orphan Works Available Online

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. The European Commission recently revealed its proposal to overhaul the European Union’s intellectual property law regarding orphan works. The move is seen by many as an attempt to update and unify the European Union’s standards in light of technological advancements.

Contracts, Orphan Works, and Copyright Norms: What Role for Berne and TRIPs

Jane Ginsburg is Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law at Columbia Law School and Co-director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts.  Professor Ginsburg is also a member of IP Osgoode's International Advisory Council. Professor Ginsburg has a new article forthcoming in WORKING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Rochelle Cooper […]

Registration might not be the best solution for ‘orphan works’

A recent blog has commented on copyright reforms proposed at the Leadership Music Digital Summit. In particular, panelists at the seminar had suggested that copyright registration should become mandatory for those seeking copyright protection. At the Summit, registration was seen as a solution to many ‘copyright ills’ including the problems of 'orphan works'. An orphan work is […]