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Read the full story Canadian decisions on copyright, broadcasting, licensing and cultural expression, with legal reasoning distinguished from preliminary alerts.
CADecision: Jul 15, 2022
Supreme Court rejects a second royalty for streaming music
Canada's Supreme Court rejected an additional making available royalty for the same online stream, distinguishing communication from downloading and reproduction.
Supreme Court of Canada · 2022 SCC 30
CADecision: Jul 15, 2022
New music streaming royalties decision: Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association
SOCAN's appeal was dismissed. The Copyright Board's separate making available royalty theory did not stand. The Court concluded that streaming an online work requires one communication royalty, not an additional royalty simply for making it available.
Supreme Court of Canada · 2022 SCC 30
CADecision: Jul 12, 2012
New digital music rights decision: Entertainment Software Association v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
A Canadian Supreme Court of Canada decision, 2012 SCC 34. Its identity and source are verified; Binder Humanities has not yet reviewed the reasons.
Supreme Court of Canada · 2012 SCC 34 · Initial case report · reasons under review
CADecision: Nov 26, 2015
New music reproduction licensing decision: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. SODRAC 2003 Inc.
A Canadian Supreme Court of Canada decision, 2015 SCC 57. Its identity and source are verified; Binder Humanities has not yet reviewed the reasons.
Supreme Court of Canada · 2015 SCC 57 · Initial case report · reasons under review
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