A leave to appeal has been granted for Access Copyright by the Supreme Court of Canada in York University, et al. v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency SCC 76224 (“Access Copyright”) this past October 15, 2020.
This case has already been covered in detail by Nicole Daniels here. The case—and that post—focus more on the issue of who should bear liability for the costs of actions undertaken to combat infringement. This post focuses on the underlying reasons the SCC may have had in reaching their decision. Rogers Communications Inc v Voltage […]
The internet is like the wild west of the modern age. The simile may be trite, but there is no denying that the internet continues to progress faster than the law can regulate, rapidly presenting novel challenges for the courts. In particular, since the appearance of controversial sites such as Napster in the late 1990s, […]