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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

Professor Vaver spoke on the origins of fair dealing in Canada and its differences and similarities in comparison to the American legal concept of “fair use”, its evolution throughout the history of Canadian common law jurisprudence, and its potentially far-reaching future beyond Canada and copyright law. .

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Does Copyright Extend to “facts”? The Federal Court Sets the Story Straight on the Extent of Copyright Protection in Nonfiction Work

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

the defendants, for copyright infringement. In 2004, Mr. Hendley wrote and published a book called The Black Donnellys: The Outrageous Tale of Canada’s Deadliest Feud (the “ Outrageous Tale ”) , which cited The Black Donnellys as authority for many of the historical events detailed in the book.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Person A makes a copy of the movie on his phone and shares it with his friends. Going back to the same example again, the first point of infringement would be where A illegally copied the film. Which law to choose then? Consider a set up where ‘Ship Sterling Star’ is a movie that is available on an OTT platform called ‘Surnet’.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.