No Laughing Matter: Copyright Protection for Jokes
Some people just can’t take a joke. Other people have taken jokes, and it has landed them in court. Two recent American copyright cases offer
November 11, 2016
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Category: Copyright
Infringement City Blues (Make Ed Sheeran Wanna Holler)
Flanked! Two Ed Sheeran songs now face copyright infringement actions. One alleges Sheeran’s “Photograph” copied a song called “Amazing” written for X Factor winner Matt
November 11, 2016
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Podcast Now Available for @craigcarys talk on “A Feminist Copyright Agenda: Open Access, Attribution & the Academy”
On September 21, 2016, IP Osgoode’s own Prof. Carys Craig delivered a talk entitled “A Feminist Copyright Agenda: Open Access, Attribution & the Academy” as
October 26, 2016
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Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications
As reported on Kotaku.com – “British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can’t
October 26, 2016
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The Value of Copyright
My topic is the valuation of copyright. Valuation of any sort of intellectual property is a tricky subject. Somebody invents a better mouse trap and
October 12, 2016
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Getting’ GIFfy with it? The Olympic Ban on GIFs, a Copyright Issue
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) new rules ban viewers of the 2016 Rio Olympics from creating and sharing Graphic Interchange Format graphics (GIFs). The short
September 13, 2016
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