Our team at Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa is expanding!

We are inviting applications for a tenure-track teaching position in the area of technology.

Position title: Assistant Professor and Director of CIPPIC .

Apply before June 1. bit.ly/4beRvZW

📢 Mark your calendars for November 27th! #CIGF2024 is coming to you in Canada’s capital: Ottawa, ON... (and virtually 😉)

Growing up Jewish in Canada often meant a police presence at events but it was largely background noise. No longer. I never thought the relentless, open antisemitism would become the norm and that politicians would exhibit such cowardice in failing to act.
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Today, CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa was hosting the Canadian Copyright Policy Moot, co-organized with Canadian Heritage and ISED!

And the uOttawa | COMMON LAW team, composed of Jessica Dupuis, Sulayman Syed and Kate Winiarz, WON both the Best MC Award and the Best Policy Briefing Award!! 🥳

🥳 Our students won the 2024 Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot! Congratulations!

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With the Online Harms Act facing mounting concerns, what do you need to know about the bill? How does it regulate Internet platforms? What are the implications of the Criminal Code and HRA provisions? @Vivekdotca joins the Michael Geist's Podcast Series podcast to discuss.
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CCLA is urging for substantial amendments to the Online Harms Act.

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Here's the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Pornhub's attempt to prevent the Privacy Commissioner from releasing their findings. The appeal was heard yesterday, the decision was rendered 'from the bench' and the OPC immediately released its findings. decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisi…

Huge SCC ruling:
“If s. 8 of the Charter is to meaningfully protect the online privacy of Cdns in today’s overwhelmingly digital world it must protect their IP addresses. An IP address is the crucial link between an Internet user and their online activity“
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Our #FairDealingWeek blog series continues with another CIPPIC student post considering the differing applications of fair dealing to text and data mining, on the one hand, and AI training, on the other.
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CCH v LSUC turns 20 next week. #FairDealingWeek marks the perfect time to reflect on the enduring significance of Justice Binnie’s elegant conceptualization of user rights.
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CIPPIC welcomes #FairDealingWeek with its first ever student blog post. CIPPIC Research Assistant Jordan Geist starts things off with a thoughtful discussion of the benefits of a text and data mining safe harbour in Canadian copyright law. cippic.ca/articles/fair-…

SCC denies leave in Linkletter v Proctorio, letting stand a curious and problematic decision from British Columbia that raises the spectre of copyright liability for linking - the core functionality of the web - and contradicts SOCAN v ESA, 2022 SCC 30.

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