Eric Hoffer Book Awards, US, 2014

The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law

DIGITAL BOOK. In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued rulings on five copyright cases in a single day. The cases represent a seismic shift in Canadian copyright law, with the Court providing an unequivocal affirmation that copyright exceptions such as fair dealing should be treated as users’ rights, while emphasizing the need for a technology neutral approach to copyright law.