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CIPPIC has been granted leave to intervene in Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. Aylo

The Federal Court of Appeal delivered a decisive victory for Internet subscribers yesterday, shutting down Voltage Holdings’ attempt to launch a “reverse class proceeding” against hundreds of Canadians for alleged movie sharing.

CIPPIC has been granted leave to intervene in the Federal Court of Appeal case Blacklock’s Reporter v. Attorney General of Canada (Docket: A-267-24). This case addresses the balance between copyright enforcement and user rights. CIPPIC's intervention will focus on the interplay between fair dealing and the anti-circumvention provisions of the Copyright Act.

CIPPIC has filed an application in the Federal Court to expunge or rectify a copyright registration that holds out an artificial intelligence ("AI") program as an author under Canadian copyright law.

The Federal Court of Canada has ruled that the anti-circumvention provisions of the Copyright Act do not apply to restrain fair dealing; using a validly obtained password to access content for the purposes of fair dealing is permissible.

Following CIPPIC’s successful application to be added as a party in Voltage v Doe#1, SCC No, 41026, CIPPIC has now filed its responding argument on the motion for leave.

CIPPIC has enjoyed success in its intervention in the appeal of a denial of default judgement in a file-sharing case: Voltage Holdings LL.C. v Doe #1, 2023 FCA 194.

CIPPIC has filed its Responding Memorandum of Fact and Law with the Federal Court of Appeal in Voltage v Doe.

CIPPIC has filed its intervener factum in the Supreme Court in York University v Access Copyright, SCC No, 39222

CIPPIC was granted leave to intervene before the Federal Court of Appeal in Teksavvy Solutions Inc v Bell Media Inc, FCA File No A-440-19

CIPPIC today submitted comments to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner regarding two of its proposals for reforming PIPEDA to deal with the challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

Justice Boswell of the Federal Court of Canada has denied Voltage’s motion to certify a “reverse” class proceeding for copyright infringement against a class of unidentified internet subscribers and alleged BitTorrent users.

The Supreme Court of Canada today its decision in R v Jarvis, a voyeurism case where a high school teacher used a pen cam to surreptitiously record multiple videos focused mainly of the chest and cleavage area of several female students and one female colleague.

CIPPIC has filed its intervener factum in the Supreme Court in Telus v Wellman

The Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling in Rogers Communications Inc v Voltage Pictures LLC

CIPPIC Director David Fewer was joined by his co-counsel Professor Marina Pavlovic and Professor Jeremy de Beer to provide the Supreme Court of Canada with argument in its intervention in Haaretz.com, et al. v. Mitchell Goldhar

CIPPIC has filed its Memorandum of Fact and Law with the Federal Court in Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) v Sahni. CIPPIC is asking the Federal Court to expunge or rectify a copyright registration that holds out an AI system as an author under Canadian copyright law.

CIPPIC has filed its Intervener Memorandum of Fact and Law in the Federal Court of Appeal.

In September, CIPPIC participated in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's exploratory consultation on privacy and age assurance. The submission questions whether age assurance systems can effectively determine a user's age without breaching privacy rights. It also proposes a tool designed to assess whether an age assurance system is truly privacy preserving.

The Supreme Court has denied leave to hear the appeal in Voltage v Doe #1, a case in which CIPPIC has played a central role. The case raised questions about the burden of proof borne by copyright owners and the nature of the duties copyright’s authorization right imposes on internet subscribers.

CIPPIC has been granted leave to be added as a party before the Supreme Court in the leave to appeal of Voltage v Doe #1.

In January, CIPPIC participated in the government consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence. The report provides the context in which each of these issues arise under the current Canadian copyright regime and summarizes CIPPIC’s stance on the inquiries posed by the consultation.

The Federal Court, for a second time, has denied Voltage permission to proceed in its class lawsuit for file-sharing.

CIPPIC's submission to the Government of Canada consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence and IoT offers a set of cautious and balanced recommendations for maintaining Canada's copyright framework in the face of new technologies.

CIPPIC’s submission The Public's Domain to the government consultation on copyright term extension places the public domain at the heart of Canada’s copyright system.

The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16, promises to improve the fairness of standard form contracts and promote access to justice for Canadians.

Justice Boswell of the Federal Court of Canada has denied Voltage’s motion to certify a “reverse” class proceeding for copyright infringement against a class of unidentified internet subscribers and alleged BitTorrent users.

On Friday, March 29, CIPPIC will appear as an intervener before the Supreme Court of Canada in the hearing of Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc., SCC Case No. 37863.

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued R v Reeves, 2018 SCC 56

CIPPIC has been granted leave to intervene in a trio of appeals in which the Supreme Court has invited submissions on standard of review

CIPPIC has filed its intervention factum in Her Majesty the Queen in Right of British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc., SCC No. 37524.