Collective Management
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
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
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
“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
Conjectures on Governance and Wholesale Licensing
This content is not available in the selected language. The relationship between copyright management organizations (CMO) and their members is a fairly unusual one, at least by the standard of more ordinary corporations. With examples such as the creation of BMI or the Daft Punk case in mind, one could say that conflicts born of […] Read more
Gestion collective et gouvernance
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans son ouvrage intitulé Le droit d’auteur : l’idéologie et le système, Thomas Paris décrit la gestion collective comme la composante gestionnaire, tout autant qu’un élément structurant, du système de droit d’auteur. Elle est, de fait, devenue incontournable pour la mise en œuvre de certains droits de […] Read more
Of Guilds and Men: Copyright Workarounds in the Cinematographic Industry
This content is not available in the selected language. The motion picture industry utilizes a varied collection of more or less formal mechanisms for dealing with the collective nature of audiovisual works, ranging from collective bargaining to legal presumptions. What these instances of copyright workarounds have in common is that they are all about circumventing traditional notions of […] Read more
Of Guilds and Men
This content is not available in the selected language. The motion picture industry utilizes a varied collection of more or less formal mechanisms for dealing with the collective nature of audiovisual works, ranging from collective bargaining to legal presumptions. What these instances of copyright workarounds have in common is that they are all about circumventing traditional notions of […] Read more