Rusell McOrmond

Articles by Rusell McOrmond

Ongoing legal study of “technological measures” done without understanding technology?

In a recent online discussion I was pointed to two academic papers discussing technological measures.Digital Rights Management and the Process of Fair Use, by...

Unauthorized music filesharing is already infringing in Canada, clarified under C-61

There is a common claim you will hear in Canada about musicfilesharing: that the “private copying” regime makes it all legal inCanada. There was...

Access and use "technological measures" – a legal distinction without a technological difference?

Last Friday I had the opportunity to speak with a lawyer that wastrying to understand the differences between “access controls” and “usecontrols” in the...

Does DRM and anti-circumvention legislation increase unauthorized P2P?

There is an all too common belief that putting a legal layer around“Digital Rights Management” (DRM) to encourage its usage will decreasecopyright infringement. The...

Copyright: locks, levies, lawsuits or licensing? Part 4: licensing

In this series we have been talking about three ways of enforcing copyright: locks (part 1), levies (part 2) and lawsuits (part 3). ...

Copyright Q-A with Tom King, NDP candidate for Guelph

The latest I have read is that by-elections for Guelph,Westmount–Ville-Marie, and Saint Lambert will be called on July 20 witha vote set for Monday,...

Copyright Q-A with Michael Byers, presumptive NDP candidate for Vancouver Center

A Hill Times article NDP’s ’star’ candidate Byers sets sights on Vancouver Centredescribes how a best-selling author and academic, Michael. Byers, isseeking the nomination...

Copyright: locks, levies, lawsuits or licensing? Part 3: lawsuits

In this series we have been talking about three ways of enforcing copyright: locks (part 1), levies (part 2) and lawsuits. In the...

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