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Stiff penalty for copyright infringer in Canada: Federal Court hands out prison sentence

In a recent Federal Court case, the Court ordered the director of a corporation to be imprisoned for at least 6 months and payment of a $100,000 fine for bypassing an injunction against copyright infringement. We previously...more

Supreme Court says copyright tariffs not mandatory on works managed by collective society

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a rare copyright decision, unanimously held that copyright collectives cannot charge fees to those who decline their contracts.  The ruling can be expected to affect how a number of copyrights...more

Supreme Court of Canada states “The Internet has no borders” in upholding global injunction in search results case

The Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Google v. Equustek, 2017 SCC 34, today, upholding an injunction requiring a non-party to an infringement action, Google, to remove links to infringing websites from its...more

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