Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
Hey Raymond, Can I Copyright That?
Hello everyone, Welcome to my short, “Hey Raymond, Can I Copyright That? In this 10 minute movie, you will find reference to the Copyright Act R.S.C (1985) C-42. I explore the question of “Hey Raymond, Can I Copyright That?” through 5 scenarios: sports move, fashion, artistic work, musical piece and literary piece. Each vignette holds […]
Pokemon Case Settled
I was reading recent news update from earlier this month and saw that Pokemon has settled its lawsuit against an alleged copycat mobile game maker Pocket Monster: Remake. In September, the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court ruled in favour of The Pokémon Company, ordering the defendants to pay ¥107m ($15m) for unfair competition. This is still […]
HOW ITALY (AND EUROPE) ATTEMPTED TO TRADEMARK ITS FOOD
Food is sacred to Italians: they do not eat to live, they live to eat. That is why Italian food is so special. Apart from ontological considerations, the Italian cuisine market was estimated to be valued at 353 billion Canadian Dollars[1]. Out of this massive number, only 123 billion Canadian Dollars are represented by internal market production or […]
Copyright Law in Las Vegas?
This past weekend, I was in Las Vegas for a short trip, and while I should have been focused on not losing all my money to the slot machines, I found myself fixated on something else entirely: did Paris Las Vegas or New York New York have to pay licensing fees to create those massive […]
Wait…They Trademarked What?
Since we’ll be diving into trademarks soon, I thought this article would be a fun way to get everyone in the right mindset! From trademarked colours to sounds to even smells, people have tried to claim ownership over some strange things. Here is a list of the weirdest trademarks out there: https://bestlifeonline.com/surprising-copyright Let me know […]
Activating Learning Mode
Activating Learning Mode With all the discussion around AI and the ability to copyright, I found this a very interesting clip. As we have learned, AI doesn’t really have the ability to learn at this point. It scrubs the internet for information that is already posted and then compiles it and joins it in a […]
“Which Minute Did You Steal?” by (AI) Mike Batt
Here is a song that ‘I made’ for our final assignment. I put ‘I made’ in quotation marks not to be cute, but because I didn’t play any instruments, nor did I sing or record anything. Instead, I used online software to make an AI song. I copy, pasted, and rearranged into song lyrics various […]
Art vs. Algorithm: Netflix’s AI Poster Blunder Sparks Arcane Outrage
If you’ve ever seen the animated tv series “Arcane”, get in here! Randomly scrolling X (formerly Twitter), I came across a post in a language I now understand to be Portuguese. What caught my attention however, was the video attached[1] – an artificial intelligence (“AI”) regenerated trailer of the Arcane show. This post is on one […]
Is it Legal to Poop on YouTube?
By Sam Spartano, and Jameelah Ali The Sky Had a Weegee. The Misadventures of Skooks. Frying Nemo. Pride Patties. To most people, the titles above signify sheer gibberish. But to a specific subset of specifically silly people in the early 2010s, these were the Mount Rushmore of comedy. All four belong to a still-prevalent style […]
(Update) Qualcomm Allowed to use ARM IP – For Now
Earlier in the semester, I posted about how Qualcomm may have been forbidden to ARM’s intellectual property to design Qualcomm CPU’s, largely on the basis of improper licensing. These concerns have been allayed for now, as a jury trial on this issue was declared a mistrial (and plaintiff ARM’s efforts to seek an injunction against […]