Introduction In December 2006, Time magazine celebrated “You” as the person of the year.[1] In the article, Lev Grossman stated that our history is no longer shaped by a few…
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Making the CBC/Radio-Canada’s Giant Castle More User-Friendly
The culture industries appear to be at a crossroads. Shifting advertising practices as well as audience viewing and consumption habits continue to contribute to new challenges and opportunities for media…
UGC Exception: For the Love of Amateur and the Profit of Everyone Else
Creating YouTube videos incorporating copyright protected works is a commonplace, often amateur pursuit of today’s tech-savvy cultural ‘consumers’ and no one is making money off of it, right?… Wrong! (more…)
Acknowledging Copyright’s Illegitimate Offspring: User-Generated Content and Canadian Copyright Law
Bill C-11[1] provides for a new exception to infringement for user-generated content (UGC), along with new grounds for fair dealing. These provisions, combined with a strong and clear message from…
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Mining the Digital Gold Rush: The Legal (L)ore around France's Data-Mining Tax
With markets in real property, personal property, and intellectual property quite cornered, the future-savvy lawyer might consider their cutting-edge cousin, if France’s data-mining tax proposal has its way: what could…