EXCESS COPYRIGHT

As I’ve said before in my February 23, 2024 blog, In 2018, the Province of Alberta and dozens of K-12 school boards sued Access Copyright for a refund of $25 million they allegedly overpaid ...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2024/04/update-on-access-copyright-demise-of.html

Canada has slowly asserted an independent copyright position on the domestic and international fronts in spite of intense and immense pressure from the USA and the UK. That independence has t...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-new-and-important-book-by-prof-myra.html

It is easy to lose track of how many major decisions that Access Copyright has LOST in the last twenty years, which include three straight losses in the Supreme Court of Canada (CCH in 2004, Albe...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2024/02/access-copyright-adds-to-its-lengthy.html

 I watched with great interest the two-day summary judgment hearing on January 17 and 18, 2024 in Province of Alberta et al v. Access Copyright. This particular proceeding has been going on for ...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2024/01/province-of-alberta-et-al-v-access.html

 For those following the proceedings in Province of Alberta et al v. Access Copyright, Federal Court T-326-18 (the K-12 proceeding), which I WROTE ABOUT ON OCTOBER 5, 2023 , here is what to expe...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/10/province-of-alberta-et-al-v-access.html

 So - I asked ChatGPT "What are the copyright issues involved with generative AI?". Here's its answer. Not bad for the price and the instant response time...😉: ChatGPT Generative AI, whi...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-asked-chatgpt-what-are-copyright.html

In 2018, the Province of Alberta and dozens of K-12 school boards sued Access Copyright for a refund of $25 million they allegedly overpaid for Access Copyright licences for 2010, 2011 and 2012. ...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/10/k-12-school-boards-v-access-copyright.html

(Canard) The Globe and Mail has recently published three misleading and seriously inaccurate opinion pieces about Canadian copyright law from authors who should know better, given their bac...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/08/access-copyrights-conspicuous-copyright.html

(CAPTAIN COPYRIGHT ~ 2006) For the second time in recent weeks, the Globe Mail – supposedly Canada’s “newspaper of record” - has published highly misleading and embarrassingly over...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-shrill-shrieking-of-access.html

On 16/6/2023 I was honoured to give a keynote "Valedictory" address to the ABCCopyright   conference. HERE ARE MY SLIDES. I hope I have encouraged some "militant librarians". Get ready for a ma...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-abc-copyright-valedictory.html

  (Blacklocks.ca) For over nine years, Blacklock’s has pursued a remarkably determined litigation strategy that has involved nearly two dozen Federal Court lawsuits, including 13 against t...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/06/blacklocks-day-of-reckoning.html

BILL C-18 (the so-called “Online News Act”), which is often referred to as the “link tax” bill, is very likely unconstitutional. There's been an excellent analysis of several reasons WHY...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-great-bill-c-18-constitutional.html

Kate Taylor - Globe and Mail The recent sadly and badly MISINFORMED “OPINION” DATED MAY 20, 2023 BY VETERAN GLOBE AND MAIL CULTURAL COLUMNIST KATE TAYLOR ENTITLED “COPYRIGHT LOOPHOLE ...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/05/a-fair-deal-for-canada-on-fair-dealing.html

 Chief Justice Crampton of the Federal Court has recently ON MARCH 2, 2023 FORMALLY ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF THREE “CHAMBERS” IN THE FEDERAL COURT , namely: Intellectual Property and Com...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/05/ip-judges-in-federal-court-chamber-echo.html

There has been much attention lately to Indigenous painting and law, particularly coyright and criminal law, in Canada. For example: Re NOVAL MORRISSEAU Re AUTUMN SMITH : The left pain...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/04/indigenous-painting-and-law-in-canada.html

After years of concern about extraordinary delays and other problems that led a SENATE COMMITTEE TO LABEL THE COPYRIGHT BOARD back in 2016 as “dated, dysfunctional and in dire need of refo...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/03/copyright-board-rules-of-practice-and.html

 As of today:  Who is Howard Knopf? Howard Knopf is a Canadian lawyer who specializes in intellectual property law. He has been practicing law for over 40 years and is considered one of Can...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/03/so-i-asked-chatgpt-who-is-howard-knopf.html

https://sasklawcourts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/William-Vancise.png A PAPER PUBLISHED IN 2018 from the HON. WILLIAM VANCISE, former Chair of the Copyright Board of Canada has recently...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/03/some-comments-on-retired-copyright.html

I asked ChatGPT on February 2 , 2023: "who is the most successful copyright litigator in Canada?" It is difficult to determine the most successful copyright litigator in Canada as success in l...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-asked-chatgpt-on-february-2-2023-who.html

What are the criticisms of Access Copyright? Access Copyright has been criticized for a number of reasons, including: 1.     The cost of licensing: Some organizations, particularly schools...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/01/i-asked-chatgpt-what-are-criticisms-of.html

Who is the most important copyright scholar in Canada? It's difficult to say who the most important copyright scholar in Canada is, as the field of copyright is broad and there are many scholars...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/01/i-asked-chatgpt-who-is-most-important.html

  Are Access Copyright's copyright board tariffs "mandatory" in Canada? Access Copyright's copyright board tariffs are considered "mandatory" in Canada in the sense that they are legally bind...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/01/chatgpt-gets-f-on-are-access-copyrights.html

 I just asked ChatGPT: "What is the difference between "antitrust" law in the USA and "competition" law in Canada?"  Antitrust law and competition law are similar in that they both aim to pro...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2023/01/i-just-asked-chatgpt-what-is-difference_26.html

I just asked ChatGPT "What is the difference between copyright "fair use" in the USA and "fair dealing" in Canada?"  Here’s the answer I got in a few seconds:  In the United States, "fair ...

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The Copyright Board’s recently posted 2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT (“Report”) covers the period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. (Copyright Board) What does this full-page collage w...

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2022/12/copyright-board-annual-report-2021-2022.html