Archive for September, 2011
Hurt Locker File Sharing Suits Come North: Federal Court Orders ISPs to Disclose Subscriber Info
Government to Reintroduce Bill C-32 “In Exactly the Same Form”
Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore has told the Canadian Press that the government plans to reintroduce Bill C-32 in “exactly the same form” as the legislation that died on the order paper with the election call earlier this year. Moore suggested that the government plans to pick up where it […]
AUCC Responds to “Summer Fiction”
AUCC’s Paul Davidson has penned an op-ed in the Globe that responds to the “summer fiction” coming from Access Copyright. The piece sets the record straight on why the collectives one size fits all fee does not represent good value for money any more.
BC Court Rules Rogers’ Zoocasa Real Estate Site Infringed Copyright, Breached Terms of Use
The decision includes many important findings on online contracts, trespass, and copyright. The court canvasses the law of online contracts and concludes that website terms of use can be enforceable. In this particular case, Century 21’s terms prohibited copying or scraping its content. By doing so, Zoocasa breached the contract. The court awarded $1,000 in damages for the breach. Note that the court even finds that continuing to link to the Century 21 site (a practice prohibited by Century 21 once it provides notice) was a breach of the contract.
Wikileaks Cables Provide Global Insights on Intellectual Property Issues
My posting on the Wikileaks Canadian copyright cables have generated considerable attention, but there have also been some very notable intellectual property related cables discovered from other countries. They include: numerous cables involving pharmaceutical drugs and trade pressures. Jamie Love has an excellent article on those cables. a cable from […]