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James Gannon is a lawyer at the firm McCarthy Tétrault. The views expressed here are his own.
Tag Archives: fair dealing
Why the “digital lock” rules in Bill C-11 will not have any impact on fair dealing in the education community
Posted by on December 12, 2011
Technological protection measures (or “TPMs”) are technologies that protect digital media and control how consumers can use digital products that they purchase. For instance, when you buy e-books from Kobo’s online book store, a TPM controls how that e-book can be copied. The TPM allows you to make copies of the e-book between devices that [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada Copyright Tariff Pentalogy
Posted by on September 10, 2011
There is little doubt that 2012 will be a ground-shaking year in Canadian copyright law. Last week, Heritage Minister James Moore announced that the Conservative government would be introducing a copyright bill in the fall. The bill could be passed as early as this winter and come into force some time in 2012. Also last week, the Supreme [...]
32 Exceptions in Bill C-32
Posted by on June 9, 2010
In the weeks running up to the tabling of Bill C-32, there was a lot of speculation as to what would be contained in the Bill amending the Canadian Copyright Act. Many were expecting Bill C-32 to contain new laws that curtail the rights of users and consumers of copyright-protected works with very few exceptions. [...]
Two big copyright cases last week
Posted by on May 17, 2010
A couple major copyright cases that came out last week to check out: A summary judgment in the Limewire litigation out of the Southern District of New York. The court found that Limewire was liable to the record labels for inducing the copyright infringing acts of its users. The labels also won on the issues [...]
Charlie Angus proposes U.S.-style amendments to fair dealing
Posted by on March 16, 2010
Yesterday, Charlie Angus, the NPD Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay, tabled a motion in Parliament to amend the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act. The amendment would add the words “such as” to s.29 such that the fair dealing exception would read: 29. Fair dealing of a copyrighted work for purposes such as [...]
