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It looks like Canada may be moving in the direction of protecting freelancers' intellectual property rights along the lines of the US's recent Tasini case. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a ruling asserting that freelance writers' rights were violated when Canadian newspapers (re)published their articles online without getting explicit permission beforehand. In the US we've seen that the effect of this has only been to cause companies to pull content out of their archives, rather than actually compensate the creators. I'm guessing a similar move will soon be afoot in Canada, though there is at least one more level of appeal left there. Bloomberg story: Decision: |