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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 ...
