Archive
26 Dec

The U.S. government’s assault on press freedom

CommentaryIn a nation that preaches the virtues of democracy, the United States government has consistently eroded the media’s ability to report — undermining the ideals it professes to uphold. Lawyer […]

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26 Dec

Romania’s struggle with press freedom

FeatureRomanian readers want their news to be fun — and soaked in scandal, Arwen Kidd reports from Bucharest in the King’s Journalism Review.

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26 Dec

Editor of N.S. weekly demoted after advertiser complains

FeatureWas John DeMings’ demotion a blow for press freedom in the town of Digby, N.S., or simply a management shuffle to improve efficiency? As Paul McLeod writes in the King’s […]

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26 Dec

The Asper-ization of Canadian news

FeatureDespite a Senate committee’s renewed warning of the perils of media concentration, Jessica McDiarmid reports in the King’s Journalism Review, Ottawa is doing nothing to curb the loss of voices […]

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22 Dec

Copyright 101

What is copyright? Copyright gives writers and other artists ownership of their creations. The federal Copyright Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-42 forbids the unauthorized use, duplication or public display of […]

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22 Dec

Supreme Court upholds freelancers’ copyright

NewsDatabases compiled by newspapers and other publishers cannot reproduce freelance work without the agreement of writers, photographers and illustrators, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in October 2006. It is […]

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21 Dec

Alberta judge protects CBC’s sources

NewsAn Alberta judge has refused to force the CBC to disclose documents that would identify confidential sources to Edmonton’s former chief of police, who’s suing the network for defamation over […]

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21 Dec

Freedom of expression 101

Freedom of expression in Canada Free speech and freedom of the press have long been recognized as cornerstones of Canada’s democratic system of government. In 1938 Chief Justice Lyman Duff […]

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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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