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21 Dec

Gaining access to court files

BackgrounderKenneth Singer, a Vancouver media law specialist, reviews the limits on media access to court files.

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21 Dec

Celebrities and Canadian privacy law

CommentaryDo Canada’s privacy laws prevent the unauthorized use of celebrities’ names and images? The law is unclear, but lawyer and journalist Mitchell Flagg argues in this commentary that Canada’s courts […]

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21 Dec

Quebec’s privacy law restricts publication of photos

AnalysisQuebec has some of the strongest privacy laws in the western world. CBC lawyer Marie-Philippe Bouchard examines two court rulings that punished Quebec media outlets for publishing photographs of individuals.

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21 Dec

Privacy law primer

AnalysisVancouver lawyer Daniel Burnett reviews the law in four provinces with statutes that protect personal privacy.

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21 Dec

Publication bans: What the media can’t say

FeatureHow do publication bans work and why are they imposed? CBC News Online tackles these and other questions about restrictions on media coverage of court cases. By John Bowman and […]

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21 Dec

An online guide to copyright law

BackgrounderIn the simplest terms, “copyright” means “the right to copy.” Only the owner of copyright – usually the creator of the work – can produce or reproduce the work, or […]

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21 Dec

Defamation on the Internet

AnalysisVancouver media lawyer David Sutherland explores how defamation law applies to the brave new world of the Internet.

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21 Dec

The case for cameras in the courts

CommentaryCBC lawyer Daniel Henry makes the pitch for camera access to Canada’s courts.

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21 Dec

Alliance Atlantis up for sale

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., the owners of 13 specialty cable channels and co-owner of the famed Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) franchise, is up for auction, a move that experts say […]

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20 Dec

Saskatchewan aboriginal magazine to publish “good” news

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) has reintroduced its Saskatchewan Indian magazine after a 10-year hiatus, the The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations will publish a magazine about aboriginal […]

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