In his Jan. 20, 2026 speech at the World Economic Forum , Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recognized that "multilateral institution...

My article " The World Intellectual Property Organization and the sustainable development agenda " is now published.  This paper w...

 My new book Canadian Communication Policy and Law has just been published! The book is available in print and e-book formats and will...

125 years ago today, John Thompson, Canada's "copyright" Prime Minister died suddenly, changing the course of Canadian, and po...

My op-ed on why universities should focus on educating faculty and students about copyright rather than online copyright enforcement is avai...

Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) continued discussions of a possible international instrument dealing with lim...

The government of Argentina has submitted an  important proposal  in current negotiations towards an international instrument on limitations...

In September, the Delhi High Court handed down a groundbreaking  judgement  dismissing Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, ...

A draft  study presented last week at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is of particular relevance to Canada.  The revisi...

Discussion of the internationalization of copyright limitations and exceptions, such as expanded exceptions to copyright for libraries, educ...

Sci-Hub, the "Napster for academics", is a project based in the notion that scientific knowledge should be made freely available. ...

Here is the poster for my upcoming talk for students at Ryerson University's School of Creative Industries' CREA T.O. speakers'...

My new book, I nternational Copyright and Access to Knowledge ,   is now available from Cambridge University Press . The principle of Ac...

The World Bank's January Digital Dividends report assesses the extent to which information and communication technologies (ICTs) have c...

The Embassy News reports that Canada is considering making the extra twenty years' term extension under the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...

Some interesting proposals will soon be under discussion at the World Intellectual Property Organization that could free libraries, archives...

Yesterday Industry Minister Candice Bergen introduced Bill C-65, the Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities Act    for first reading...

I have long called on the Canadian government to join the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind...

Two recent law review articles, both responding to the July 2012 release of the Supreme Court of Canada's "pentalogy" of decis...

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled , whi...