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The Fairest of Them All: Justice Abella’s Legacy in Canadian Copyright Law

IPilogue

Not only did the Supreme Court of Canada hear the much-anticipated York University v Access Copyright appeal, an important case on the nature of copyright collective licensing and educational fair dealing, but it was also the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella’s final hearing as a Supreme Court Justice.

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Revisiting Alberta v Access Copyright: Resources for K-12 Educators in Canada

IPilogue

Photocopying classroom materials in a K-12 public school system may have seemed harmless and benign before the 2012 Supreme Court of Canada case, Alberta v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). The decision reframes traditional teaching pedagogies by considering the artist and owner rights under copyright law.

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[Guest Post] Nigerian's new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Desmond Oriakhogba on the new Copyright Act 2022 signed into law by Nigeria's President. The Act introduces a new vista in Nigerian copyright law as it repeals the Copyright Act 2004.

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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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Copyright Infringement and Remedies in Nigeria

IPilogue

Section 15 (1) (a)-(g) of the Copyright Act, C28, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (“LFN”), 2004 , provides several acts that amount to copyright infringement in Nigeria. It is important to note that copyright law does not protect the idea behind the work, but the expression of work. In CBS Inc. &

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What is right with EU trade agreements?

The IPKat

The AAs’ IP enforcement norms (modelled on Directive 2004/48/EC , Regulation 608/2013 , and Directive 2000/31/EC ) did not only favour IP rightholders. Moldova and Ukraine have been mostly copy-pasting the AA norms into their national laws (a pattern one can also observe in some EU Member States, when they implement EU Directives).

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

In doing so, they have relied on a steady diet of misleading claims about the state of the law, the licensing practices of Canadian educational institutions, the importance (or lack thereof) of copying of materials in course packs, and the effects of fair dealing. The caselaw on Canadian copyright is unequivocal.