Post Tagged with: "supreme court"

SCC Private Copying Leave Decision on Thursday

The Supreme Court of Canada today announced that it will release its leave to appeal decision in the private copying case on Thursday morning. The case generated significant attention last December when the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the legality of the private copying system but struck down its application […]

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July 25, 2005 1 comment News

Canadian Supreme Court Opens Up Second Copyright Balance

Professor Geist's latest Toronto Star Lawbytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines last week's Supreme Court of Canada Tariff 22 decision. The column argues that the case may damage the music industry's strategy of suing individual file sharers as one member of the court offered a […]

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July 6, 2004 Comments are Disabled Columns

Supreme Court Issues Tariff 22 Decision

The Canadian Supreme Court issued the long-awaited Tariff 22 decision this morning. The court allowed the appeal, overturning a Federal Court decision to impose liability on ISPs for caching of content. The case also has a key jurisdictional element as the court ruled that there may be liability under Canadian […]

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June 30, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Canada’s Copyright Revolution

Professor Geist's regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines the recent Canadian Supreme Court LSUC v. CCH copyright decision. The column argues that the case instantly ranks as one of the strongest pro-user rights decisions from any high court in the world, […]

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March 22, 2004 Comments are Disabled Columns

Supreme Court Copyright Case Causes Waves

Professor Geist comments on the impact of the LSUC v. CCH Supreme Court of Canada decision released last week. Geist argues that the case is the most important case in many years with implications that extend well beyond the legal publishers affected by the decision. see: Court's Copyright Ruling in […]

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March 8, 2004 Comments are Disabled News