Copyright

Canada’s New “Notice and Notice” Copyright Enforcement Regime

By January of 2015, Canada will have implemented the final pieces of the Copyright Modernization Act – Canada’s answer to bringing copyright laws in line with the digital age. This has been an ongoing…

Terms of Use and Ownership of User Generated Content

When a photographer “tweets” her photographs on Twitter or a videographer posts his videos on Vimeo or YouTube, the works become available to be used by anyone in the world, right? After…

Cinar v. Robinson: Are Derivative Works Afloat in Murky Copyright Waters?

On February 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) heard the appeal of the now (in)famous copyright case of Cinar Corporation et al. v Robinson et al. [Cinar], concerning the infringement of…

The NeighborCity Lawsuits – Scraping the Surface of Copyright in Fact Based Works

Recently, I’ve been following with interest two copyright infringement lawsuits in the U.S. that have been brought by regional MLSs (Multiple Listing Services) against American Home Realty Network, the operator of the…

IP for Small Businesses

Every business, big or small, established or start-up, has intellectual property (IP). Business names, domain names, websites, customer lists, marketing plans are all types of IP. If managed properly, these can become…

Canada’s New Copyright Modernization Act

The new Copyright Modernization Act introduces some very significant changes to copyright law in Canada. Most, but not all of these changes, relate to digital media and the Internet and are intended…

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