EXCESS COPYRIGHT

Intellectual property law is good. Excess in intellectual property law is not. This blog is about excess in IP and related law. I have practiced law with prestigious firms and successfully acted for interveners in several important Supreme Court cases. I've also been in government & academe. My views are purely personal. Nothing on this blog should be taken as legal advice. I am a policy provocateur and currently not practising law. My email address is hknopf@gmail.com.

Monday, November 17, 2025

The Copyright Board Once Again Rubber Stamps the Zombie Blank Audio Recording Media Levy

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  On November 7, 2025 three members of the Copyright Board of Canada, including its Chair,   have once again “approved” a levy on blank...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

A Resounding Smackdown for Re:Sound and Possible Portent of Things to Come?

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Re:Sound Annual Report 2024 This recent November 6, 2025 decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) is a big smackdown of Re:Sound  ...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Budget Trepidation for the Nation? Are We Flailing or Even Failing on AI?

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HAL - 2001 As I wait in trepidation for the November 4, 2025 Federal Budget, I wonder what it will say about AI – the inevitable topic “...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The Latest From Canada’s Copyright Board: Comments on the 2024-2025 Annual Report

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The Copyright Board has recently published its 2024-2025 Annual Report. It’s difficult to find any tangible indicators of substantial pr...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

The Blacklock’s FCA Appeal Hearing - October 7, 2025

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  The Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) hearing on October 7, 2025 in the Blacklock’s case was possibly the most unusual, if not bizarre, co...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Blacklock’s Unappealing Appeal (To Be Heard on October 7, 2025) + An AI Prediction

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  The Blacklock’s case (A-267-24) is coming before the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday, October 7 th , 2025, at 9:30 AM. One can observ...
Monday, September 22, 2025

CCH Legacy Conference 2025 – My Slides

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I’ve just come back from speaking at an excellent conference on The Legacy of CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society Of Upper Canada and Future of...

Access Copyright + Copibec: Their Offensive Budget Bluster

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As an affiliate of Access Copyright, from whom I annually receive enough for a nice lunch for one or a rather modest lunch for two, I also g...
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