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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Discuss Performance Rights

Why Now is the Perfect Time to Discuss Performance Rights

It’s Toronto’s time to shine! This past October, Governor General David Johnston officially declared 2015 to be the “Year of Sport in Canada” and Toronto’s hosting of the Pan American Games is clearly one of the reasons why. The major sporting event is a fantastic opportunity for the city’s economic development. In fact, the Ontario […]

IP Intensive: SOCAN You Believe What A Tariffic Time I Had?

IP Intensive: SOCAN You Believe What A Tariffic Time I Had?

My placement at the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (‘SOCAN’) as part of Osgoode's Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program was one of the most enriching experiences of my law school career. Firstly, the placement was the perfect marriage of student to organization, as I had a background in the music industry […]

Tariffs 22.D.1 and 22.D.2 - A free preview of what's to come for SOCAN

Tariffs 22.D.1 and 22.D.2 - A free preview of what's to come for SOCAN

On July 18, 2014, the world of everyone who streams music or videos containing music – that is, almost everyone who uses the internet – changed a little bit. On that date, the Copyright Board released a decision certifying two tariffs proposed by the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). These […]

IP Intensive Program: A Semester at SOCAN

IP Intensive Program: A Semester at SOCAN

In ten weeks at Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (SOCAN) I learned how to gamble on horses, how to create a shark costume out of an old sweater and some cardboard, the proper amount of food to eat at a Chinese buffet (three plates, including dessert), and to always fill out the Health and […]

Announcing the 2013 IP Intensive Program

Announcing the 2013 IP Intensive Program

We are pleased to announce details of the 2013 Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program.  The tremendously successful program is currently in its third year, but it is continuing to grow. We are excited to announce the offering of three brand new placements for 2013, and the return of an excellent placement from the […]

SOCAN I Say I Had a Great Time Last Semester in Osgoode’s IP Intensive Program?

SOCAN I Say I Had a Great Time Last Semester in Osgoode’s IP Intensive Program?

I write this blog as a final rumination on the past two and half months of my law school life, which have been spent at the copyright collective known as the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). I think I can safely say that the time I have spent there has […]

Rogers v. SOCAN: The SCC Streamlines its Stance on On-Demand Streaming

Rogers v. SOCAN: The SCC Streamlines its Stance on On-Demand Streaming

The much anticipated Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Rogers Communications Inc v Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 35 (Rogers v SOCAN), culminated with a unanimous Court holding that on-demand transmissions of music streams made available by online music services constitute communications “to the public”.  Consequently, the on-demand streaming of […]