Sam Trosow points to a new advisory from the Canadian Association of University Teachers on fair dealing. The advisory does a terrific job of explaining the breadth and limits of fair dealing in Canada. More importantly, it urges action — legislative action to preserve the Supreme Court of Canada's analysis […]
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Copyright
Singapore Enacts New Anti-Circumvention Exceptions
Singapore has enacted new copyright reforms that include the right for teachers to circumvent digital locks on movies for classroom use and for the visually-disabled to circumvent to allow the read-aloud function to work.
B.C. Police Arrest Man For Pirating DVDs
B.C. police have arrested a man engaged in the production and sale of infringing DVDs.
Precedent Magazine on the Canadian Copyfight
Precedent, a Canadian legal publication, features a cover story on the Canadian copyfight.
Debating Parody Protection in Canada
Howard Knopf has a pair of interesting posts (1, 2) on the absence of explicit legal protection for parody under Canadian copyright law in light of a recent case involving Canwest (case here, report on the case here).
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