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Viacom Notices

Viacom demands that YouTube take down 100,000 clips that it claims constitute copyright infringement and YouTube responds that it will comply with the request.  While some are asking how YouTube can remove so many clips so quickly, a better question is how Viacom can identify that many clips with sufficient […]

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February 2, 2007 3 comments News

PIPEDA Hearings – Days 9 (banking industry) and 10 (Chamber of Commerce, Insurance)

The PIPEDA hearings resumed this week appearances by groups from the banking sector, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and the insurance industry.  CIPPIC has details on day nine and ten.  The committee is now focused almost exclusively on a single issue – security breach notification legislation.  There appears to be […]

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February 2, 2007 3 comments News

French Court Rules Against Hugo Heirs

France's highest appeal court has ruled against the heirs of Victor Hugo in their attempt to block the publication of a sequel to Les Miserables.

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February 2, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Must Reads

This has been an exceptionally busy week, but I don't want some important stories to fall through the cracks: The NY Times on how courts are citing Wikipedia entries with growing frequency, while Simon Chester at Slaw provides a comparative Commonwealth look at the issue. Romania's President tells Bill Gates […]

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February 1, 2007 5 comments News

Scassa on Citizen Journalism and Privacy

Dal law prof Teresa Scassa points to the intersection between user-generated video and PIPEDA.

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January 31, 2007 Comments are Disabled News