Posts Tagged ‘Copyright’

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-04

February 4th, 2012

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-03

February 3rd, 2012

P2P file sharing hurts music sales in Canada, study finds

February 2nd, 2012

Does P2P file sharing negatively affect legitimate music purchases in Canada? Does the availability of music for downloading from illegitimate P2P sources act as a substitute for legitimate music purchases? Would stronger copyright laws increase music purchases in Canada? Would it also increase artist incomes, industry employment and tax revenues in Canada?

The answers to all of these questions is yes according to a recent study published by Dr George Barker, the Director, Centre of Law and Economics, at ANU College of Law, Australian National University. What’s more, the study was done based on survey evidence conducted by Decima Research on behalf of Industry Canada.

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-02

February 2nd, 2012

Chief Justice asks: will accuracy and fairness be casualties of the social media era?

February 1st, 2012

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada gave a speech yesterday at Carleton University. In it she questioned whether fairness and accuracy might be lost in the world of blogging, tweeting and the use of social networks. She said the media is essential to building public trust in the administration of justice.

For those of you who follow copyright law reform developments on certain blogs and social media sources you might find her speech will resonate with you.

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-02-01

February 1st, 2012

Bill C-11 to be law by April

January 31st, 2012

House Leader Peter Van Loan said Monday that the Government’s agenda includes passage of Bill C-11 by the end of April. The plan is that the bill to modernize the Copyright Act “must pass” by that time. Passage of Bill C-11 is intended to make good on the Throne Speech which promised “swift passage of copyright legislation that balances the needs of creators and users.”  Christmas gifts are always welcome, even in the spring.

If you want to catch up with current events regarding copyright, you might read Fen Hampson’s article Will the medium stop killing the message? in iPolitics and Terence Corcoran’s articles in the Financial Post: The Grey’s copyright wolves, The Internet’s collectivist blarney, and  No oil meets no copyright.

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-01-31

January 31st, 2012

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2012-01-30

January 30th, 2012

Redefining copyright in the digital era

January 29th, 2012

Here is a copy of the article with the above title published in the January  20, 2012 edition of The Lawyers Weekly.

In early December, copyright lawyers from across the country descended on the Supreme Court to participate in a cluster of cases that may redefine the scope of copyright in the digital era.