Copyright
Données et réconciliation: une analyse de la décision Fontaine
This content is not available in the selected language. Les pays se tournent de plus en plus vers une économie du savoir, de l’immatériel. Les connaissances technoscientifiques et la capacité moderne d’appliquer aux données une logique d’exploitation sont en train de transformer nos marchés. Or, dans l’économie du savoir, l’innovation est reine et le renforcement […] Read more
Conjectures on governance and wholesale copyright licensing
This content is not available in the selected language. The role of CMOs is to provide users with licences to use their repertoire. They offer such repertoire licences to those seeking often unlimited access to their catalogue. Describing them as wholesalers allows us to draw a few inferences about their role and functioning, with emphasis […] Read more
Copyright Law in Canada and the United States
This content is not available in the selected language. A panel comparing and contrasting copyright, contracts, work-for-hire and other concepts related to art and art law in a cross-border context. Keycon is a Science Fiction & Fantasy Literary Convention. It focuses on science fiction, fantasy and related literary genres in any form. It includes, but […] Read more
Collective Societies in a Transactional World
In CBC v. SODRAC, the Supreme Court decided that arbitration decisions rendered by the Copyright Board under s. 70.2 of the Copyright Act were not mandatory. This raises interesting questions regarding the interaction between users and collective societies under s. 70.1 ff.: To what extent does the decision apply to collective societies beyond SODRAC? Is […] Read more
2015 Copyright Review
Please join the Tech/IP Section for our year end wrap-up, including updates from the realms of privacy, trade-marks, copyright and patents. We will also use this opportunity to discuss programming for the upcoming year, and invite comments and participation from new and returning members. Read more
Réinventer la Commission du droit d’auteur
By drawing on both domestic (e.g. SCC, Competition Tribunal, hearings under PN(NOC) Regulations, etc.) and international comparisons, this panel could consider how a « modernized » Canadian Copyright Board might function. The panel would examine different models from around the world, particularly tribunals of 'last resort' that are called upon only to arbitrate unresolved disputes between right […] Read more
The Curious Case of Canadian Performers
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“Mandatory” Tariffs
The majority reasons established that the power of the Copyright Board to set the terms of a licence under s. 70.2 of the Copyright Act does not include the power to bind the parties to those terms: in the absence of clear authority that this is Parliament’s intent, “the burdens of a license should not […] Read more
Gestion collective: L’après Sté. Radio-Canada c. SODRAC
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans l’arrêt Société Radio‑Canada c. SODRAC 2003 Inc., la Cour Suprême ne s’est pas contentée d’arrimer neutralité technologique et évaluation. Le Juge Rothstein, pour la majorité, a ajouté que les licences octroyées par la Commission du droit d’auteur sur le fondement de l’article 70.2. ne sont […] Read more
Collective administration
Chair: Ariel Katz Speakers: Ariel Katz, Adriane Porcin, Jonathan Band, Mariana Giorgetti Valente, Shamnad Basheer, Amba Kak. Visuals from the Congress Read more