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 15, 2010

Access Copyirght Changes Counsel in Proposed Post-Secondary 1,300% Increase Tariff

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Access Copyright (“AC”) has notified the Copyright Board of a change of counsel in the proposed post-secondary 1,300% increase file. Barry ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Oops, The Star Did It Again. Sorry, Michael Enright.

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Even if Michael Enright uncharacteristically fell off his podium of intellectual rigor and journalistic neutrality today by calling The Sta...
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Bill C-32 Brief from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Here's a thoughtful and important brief on Bill C-32 from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, which represe...
Friday, November 12, 2010

C-32 to be rushed through House Committee before Christmas?

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The Wire Report (subscription needed) is saying: Industry insiders say the Conservative government wants to finish with the committee study...
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A Short Quiz: Guess the Source of this Fair Dealing "Guidelines" Document

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This document purports to provide "guidelines" to Canadian universities about fair dealing. Readers may be interested in guessin...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

The “Group of 99", Access Copyright and the Copyright Board - Another Update

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Since my last update on AC’s proposed post secondary Tariff that features a 1,300% increase and charges for linking, displaying, etc. and ...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Querulous Quote of the Day re Bill C-32 re "capacity of the Conservative party to hate people who make art"

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The querulous quote of the day re Bill C-32 goes to David Basskin, a Director of the CPCC and CEO of CMRRA . Here it is from itbusiness.c...
Friday, November 05, 2010

UK to adopt US "Fair Use" doctrine to be more "Googly" and Innovative?

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The UK Prime Minister has announced that England will study the adoption of use "fair-use" style laws in order to encourage Goog...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Private Copying Levies ("taxes") Dealt Blow by EU Court

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The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union has dealt a major blow to private copying levies in Europe, where the conc...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

"Officer Bubbles" Sues YouTube et al over Cartoons based on Video of "Bubble Trouble" Assault Arrest @ G20

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"Officer Bubbles" (the officer second from the right in the photo below) is suing YouTube and several individuals over videos repo...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

The Amazon One-click Canadian Federal Court Decision

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My guess is that the Commissioner will appeal this decision , which holds that a business method "can be patented in appropriate circu...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

C-32, the UN vote and the United States Silence

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Fox News, no less, has published an opinion piece from Richard Grenell who served as the spokesman for 4 U.S. Ambassadors to the U.N. durin...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Idearight?

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Red Bull balks at parachute PR stunt due to an "idea" law suit. "“This was my idea, from start to finish” says the plaintiff...
Friday, October 08, 2010

CBC bans Creative Commons

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Michael Geist reports that the CBC has banned Creative Commons music on the radio. Next, will they ban public domain music such as Bach and...
Sunday, October 03, 2010

Happy Birtday to ipwars.com and Warwick Rothnie

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Happy 6th Birthday to Warwick Rothnie's blog . He is the extraordinary practitioner/scholar in Oz, who wrote what I believe is the fi...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Access Copyright Strikes Back re Status of 99 of 101 Objectors

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Here’s an update on the Access Copyright (“AC”) proposed tariff that would, if approved, result in a cost if about $60 million a year to the...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

CMEC Supreme Court of Canada leave to appeal application

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CMEC has now filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, available here. It has rightly pointed out the inco...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals (USA) denies public performance rights for downloads

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The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in the USA, which along with the 9th Circuit, is the most important American appeal court for copyright pur...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

KEI @ WIPO re Canada & a Treaty for the Blind

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Here's the KEI statement just delivered at the WIPO General Assemblies meeting. It concludes with a rather provocative comment on Canad...

Minister Moore on a "really toxic and, frankly, really dumb" iPod "tax"

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The Hon. James Moore said in Parliament yesterday: This idea of imposing a new tax on iPods and MP3 players is not a new idea because there ...
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