By Larry Munn

The Supreme Court of Canada has now made clear that the use of hyperlinks to defamatory content on the Internet does not itself amount to publication of that content and therefore does not amount to defamation, absent some repetition of the defamatory content. In coming to this conclusion, the Court recognized that a different conclusion would have created a "chill" on how the Internet functions, given the importance and extensive use of hyperlinks.

By Jeffrey Vicq

On September 29, 2011 the federal government introduced into Parliament Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act. Canadians have seen a great number of proposals for copyright reform of late: in the last six years, one bill proposed by the Liberals and two proposed by the Conservatives, all died on the order paper. However, with a Conservative majority in Ottawa there is good reason to believe this "fourth time's the charm".