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  • The Copyright Pentalogy

    How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law

    Edited by Michael Geist ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Society
    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. The Court’s ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Citizenship in a Connected Canada

    A Research and Policy Agenda

    by Kent Aitken, Jane Bailey, Megan Beretta, Jacquelyn Burkell, Amanda Clarke, Alexander Dirksen, Michael Geist, Alfred Hermida, Mike Morden, Marina Pavlović, Jonathon W. Penney, Adelina Petit-Vouriot, Priscilla Regan, Teresa Scassa, Leslie Regan Shade, Valerie Steeves, Mary Lynn Young ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Media
    This interdisciplinary edited collection brings together scholars, activists, and policy makers to build consensus around what a connected society means for Canada. The collection offers insight on the state of citizenship in a digital context in Canada and proposes a research and policy agenda for the way forward.Part I examines the current landscape of digital civic participation and highlights ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Law and the "Sharing Economy"

    Regulating Online Market Platforms

    by Harry Arthurs, Francesco Ducci, Marie-Cécile Escande-Varniol, Vincent Gautrais, Michael Geist, Eran Kaplinsky, Nofar Sheffi, Sabrina Tremblay-Huet, Eric Tucker, Mariana Valverde ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Media
    Controversy shrouds sharing economy platforms. It stems partially from the platforms’ economic impact, which is felt most acutely in certain sectors: Uber drivers compete with taxi drivers; Airbnb hosts compete with hotels. Other consequences lie elsewhere: Uber is associated with a trend toward low-paying, precarious work, whereas Airbnb is accused of exacerbating real estate speculation and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Future of Open Data

    by Michael Geist, Tenille Brown, Haewon Chung, Sarah Greene, Peter Johnson, Elizabeth Judge, Tracey Lauriault, Ian Parfitt, Fernando Perini, Claus Rinner, Renee Sieber, Christine Varga, Lisa Ward Mather ...
    Series series Law, Technology, and Media
    The Future of Open Data est issu d’un projet de recherche en partenariat subventionné pendant plusieurs années par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) qui vise à explorer les données gouvernementales géospatiales ouvertes dans une perspective interdisciplinaire. Les chercheurs associés à cette subvention ont adopté une perspective critique en sciences sociales basée sur l ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era

    Edited by Michael Geist ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Media
    Years of surveillance-related leaks from US whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate on privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. Much of the focus has centered on the role of the US National Security Agency, yet there is an important Canadian side to the story. The Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian counterpart to the NSA, has played an active role in ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Copyright Pentalogy

    How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law

    Edited by Michael Geist ...
    Series series Droit, technologie et médias | Law, Technology and Media
    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. The Court’s ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • All the Light We Cannot See

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  • Intellectual Property Overlaps

    Theory, Strategies, and Solutions

    by Robert Tomkowicz ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
    Intellectual property rights and their overlaps are considered in light of rights purposes, relying on the concept of a balance of rights as the measuring rod for assessment of the consequences resulting from the exercise of overlapping rights. Identifying the complex interface between different types of intellectual property rights, this book discusses the use of these rights and their effect on ... Read more

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  • Platform Capitalism

    by Nick Srnicek ...
    Series series Theory Redux
    What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. This transformation signals a major shift in how capitalist firms operate and how they interact with the rest of the economy: the ... Read more

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  • Open Democracy

    Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century

    by Hélène Landemore ...
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  • Canadian Copyright

    A Citizen’s Guide

    by Laura J. Murray, Samuel E. Trosow ...
    In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you’re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life. Completely updated, this revised edition of Canadian Copyright parses the Copyright Act and explains current Canadian copyright law to ordinary Canadians in accessible language, using recent examples and legal cases. ... Read more

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