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The Harry Potter Injunction

Having spent much of the day discussing the Harry Potter case, I find myself becoming increasingly troubled by the scope of the injunction issued by the B.C. Supreme Court.  The injunction represents more than just a remarkable misuse of copyright law.  Quite simply, it is an attack on freedom.  The […]

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July 12, 2005 13 comments News

Alta. Privacy Commish Rules Canadian Law Firms Infringed Privacy Law

Alberta Privacy Commissioner has just released a noteworthy decision on the application of private sector privacy laws to mergers and acquisitions transactions.  The case involved the acquisition of an Alberta company.  As part of the deal, employee information, including home addresses and Social Insurance Numbers, were disclosed.  Moreover, since the […]

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July 12, 2005 Comments are Disabled News

More on Harry Potter

The Harry Potter court order has generated global attention, leading to several misconceptions.  First, the books were not stolen or otherwise unlawful copies. Rather, the distributor apparently neglected to include an "embargo" label instructing the store (a grocery store in Coquitlam, BC) to only begin selling on Saturday. The store […]

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July 12, 2005 1 comment News

Court Orders Harry Potter Purchasers to Return Book

A British Columbia court has ordered purchasers of the new Harry Potter book to return it immediately and forbid anyone from discussing any elements contained in the book itself.  The latest instalment of Harry Potter apparently goes on sale on Saturday but at least one BC bookseller began selling it […]

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July 11, 2005 17 comments News

The High Stakes Battle for Control of the Internet

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked version) assesses the recent round of Internet governance developments including (i) the U.S. statement which indicated that they no longer intend to transfer control over the root servers to ICANN, but rather to maintain their "historic role in authorizing […]

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