Copyright - Canada

UBB: Internet complaints skyrocket in Canada natpo.st/xtc8LW

U of T and Western sign license agreement with AccessCopyright bit.ly/wk19DK

@Music_Canada has commissioned national survey on Canadians’ relationship to music & their digital music preferences ht.ly/8ELqv

Internet Streaming Opens Up as Large and Small Companies Ink Deal for Digital Music Licensing http://bit.ly/Alj8IE

Vendor fined $1,500 for counterfeit software http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Vendor+fined+counterfeit+software/5868814/story.html

Man arrested at flea market for selling counterfeit goods http://ow.ly/1wcjbh

CRTC, Rogers Accused Of Ignoring Law In Internet Traffic Shaping huff.to/oMzGj1

Fair Use Face-Off, Canadian Edition http://ow.ly/1wmSih

Shaw clarifies position on Netflix rival, eases net neutrality concerns natpo.st/qIYcJd

Broadcasters call for CRTC to regulate Netflix service http://bit.ly/hGk6jS

Canadian PM Copies Campaign Commercial, Doesn’t License Hockey Clips http://bit.ly/h6S9Yq

Campus Radio CKLN Stays Online as OTA Licence Revoked, Appeal Denied http://bit.ly/fcnHbc

CBC.ca - Socan & Re:Sound Crack Down on Store Owner http://bit.ly/fQQSQ6

IPOsgoode - Cloud Based Content and TPMs: the Cloud s Part in the Next Incarnation of Copyright Reform http://bit.ly/g40wWX

CMPA invokes threat of Netflix to argue for more Cancon funding http://bit.ly/eDaZNx

IPOsgoode - CBA Canvassed Issues on IPS Liability in Now Dead Bill C 32 http://bit.ly/egWzRJ

Canada_3.0 - A Look at Canadian Culture in the Digital Age http://bit.ly/dNWjnf (short movie)

Canadians continue to rage against metered billing http://bit.ly/frCuMx

CMPDA IPSOS Oxford Economics Study reveals 1.8 Billion in Losses Across the Canadian Economy Due to Movie http://bit.ly/fHLCDT

IPOsgoode - To Mix or Not to Mix: Bill C-32 Mash Up Provision is Getting Attention http://bit.ly/holfwH

IP Osgoode - Fair Dealings Potentially Unfair for Documentary Filmmakers http://bit.ly/gqlxxl

Econoline Crush Suing Nickelback For Copyright Infringement http://bit.ly/ewQP6e

CRTC will rescind ‘unlimited use’ Internet decision – or Ottawa will overturn it http://t.co/xmxCkcw

Universities, student reps share thoughts on copyright - Macleans http://bit.ly/fJyaqF

Students release recommendations for copyright bill Press Release Digital Journal http://bit.ly/hxOQpX

Access Copyright, universities remain at odds despite interim agreement http://bit.ly/gKEZBW

TVO, Sheridan College Launch Connected TV Applications http://bit.ly/gRinVL

Fair Dealing and Copyright Provisions Get Hearings across Canada http://bit.ly/dWxBIg

CBC says its file footage should be yanked from new Conservative ads: Broadcaster says the Conservatives did not see... http://tgam.ca/BZvY

Canadian Copyright Class Action on Behalf of Freelance Writers has been Tentatively Settled for 5.475 Million http://bit.ly/gY6qvG

C-32 balanced, has 'clear wins' for creators & consumers, says Heritage Minister Moore. http://bit.ly/gs62df

Canada risks becoming a pirate nation, says Industry Minister Clement. re: Bill C-32, copyright modernization http://bit.ly/gsHK7U

Carleton University Library:Copyright and Fair Dealing at Carleton http://bit.ly/fajIhZ

Battle over copyright fees put on hold for now Macleans http://bit.ly/eRVxeT

Consumers group wants appeal of song ban http://bit.ly/hrcMrH

CAB retains membership, reduces mandate to focus on copyright http://bit.ly/fgimH6

Netflix confronting Canadian challenges: Company’s library here offers fraction of content available in U.S., ... http://tgam.ca/BZE3

Major Canadian record labels reach agreement on payments to songwriters, publishers http://t.co/gzhmPjX

Shaw Cable to send warning emails to customers about illegal downloading: http://ow.ly/3AdmA

Broadband Content Universal DRM System, Embraced by Major Film Studios, Coming to Canada http://bit.ly/eR8sZ3

U of M chooses not to renew agreement with Access Copyright http://bit.ly/fTmmNF

CTV Serves Up More Online Video http://bit.ly/f5FTbb

Netflix hints at Canadian expansion success http://bit.ly/fAiffd

Supreme Court of Canada to hear SOCAN appeal on song previews http://bit.ly/dSj9Rr

Copyright Board Announces Private Copying Tariff 2011 (pdf) http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/2010/Copie-privee%202011.pdf

Mediacaster Magazine Broadband Content Multi Platform Multi Year Deal for The Movie Network and Showtime http://bit.ly/gVqj3A

Global TV iPad App Hits #1 for Shaw Media

http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000396977

Blog Entries

Crown Not Immune to Copyright Tariffs: Copyright Board of Canada issues reasoning in Access Copyright – Provincial and Territorial Governments Tariffs (2005-2014)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

On March 15, 2012 the Copyright Board of Canada released its reasons in a preliminary ruling concerning the ability of Access Copyright to seek a tariff for reproductions of literary works by government employees...

Bill C-11 Committee: Final Steps for Copyright Reform in Canada?

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

On January 30, 2012 Government House leader Peter Van Loan outlined the Government of Canada’s priorities for the upcoming session of Parliament. Surprisingly, he stated that Bill C-11: An Act to amend the Copyright Act was to be passed by April....

2013 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.1 – Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) files Tariff Proposal with the Copyright Board of Canada”

Monday, February 13, 2012

In this first issue of the 2013 Copyright Tariff Report we look at the proposal published in the Canada Gazette on February 11, 2012 by the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) for private copying...

Content is Key: Supreme Court rules ISPs are not “Broadcast Undertakings”

Thursday, February 9, 2012

In a swift and short ruling (3 weeks & 11 paragraphs), the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal brought by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA), Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) (collectively the “Coalition”)...

The Supreme Court of Canada Copyright Pentalogy

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

On December 6-7, 2011 the Supreme Court of Canada heard five copyright-related cases in respect of collective licensing. Each of the five matters relate to applications from judicial review of decisions of the Copyright Board of Canada ...

2012 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.4 – The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) files its Tariff Proposals with the Copyright Board of Canada

Thursday, June 2, 2011

In this fourth issue of the 2012 Copyright Tariff Report we look at the 2012 proposals published in the Canada Gazette on May 28, 2011 by SOCAN ...

2012 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.3 – AVLA/SOPROQ, ACTRA PRS/MROC, and ArtistI file Tariff Proposals with the Copyright Board of Canada

Thursday, May 26, 2011

In this third issue of the 2012 Copyright Tariff Report we look at the 2012 proposals published in the Canada Gazette on May 21, 2011 by AVLA/SOPROQ, ACTRA PRS/MROC and ArtistI for reproductions by commercial radio stations ...

2012 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.2 - Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC), Educational Rights Collective of Canada (ERCC), and The Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC) file Tariff Proposals with the Copyright Board of Canada

Monday, May 16, 2011

In this second issue of the 2012 Copyright Tariff Report we look at the 2012 proposals published in the Canada Gazette on May 14, 2011 by CPCC for private copying, ERCC for educational rights and SODRAC for music videos ...

2012 Copyright Tariff Report Vol.1 - CSI files its Tariff Proposals with the Copyright Board of Canada

Monday, May 2, 2011

In this first issue of the 2012 Copyright Tariff Report we look at the proposals published in the Canada Gazette on April 30, 2011 applicable to Online Music Services and Non-Commercial Radio Stations by CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. (CSI) ...

Bill C-32 : What have we heard so far?

Monday, March 7, 2011

On June 2, 2010 the Federal Government tabled Bill C-32: the Copyright Modernization Act in Parliament (Bill C-32). Bill C-32 represents ...

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Designated by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist (Intellectual Property: Copyright), Sundeep Chauhan is currently Counsel to ... (read more)