Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Wagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud |
Citation | 2022 SCC 30 |
Docket Number | 39418 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 15 July 2022 |
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...2019 SCC 67, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 900; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30; Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v. Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'érable......
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Sharp v. Autorité des marchés financiers,
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...review was recognized by the Court in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30: when courts and administrative bodies have concurrent first instance jurisdiction over a legal issue in a ......
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Table of Cases
...201 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association , 2022 SCC 30 ...................................................... 12 Solowan , R v , 2008 SCC 62 ............................................................. . 247 Sonne , R v , 2012 ON......
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Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers,
...2019 SCC 67, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 900; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30; Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v. Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'érable......
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Sharp v. Autorité des marchés financiers,
...2019 SCC 67, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 900; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30; Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v. Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l’érab......
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Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration),
...review was recognized by the Court in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30: when courts and administrative bodies have concurrent first instance jurisdiction over a legal issue in a ......
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Examinations 2023 ' The Evolution Of Appellate Law In The Post-Pandemic Era
...Abrametz, 2022 SCC 29 [Abrametz] and Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30 In Abrametz, the SCC considered whether the implications of "undue delay" in the criminal context should be extended to administrative proceed......
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Supreme Court Confirms Copyright Protection For All Acts Of Making Available
...Association (APEM). Footnotes 1 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30 [SOCAN]. 2 Copyright Act, RSC 1985, c C-42, s 2.4(1.1). 3 Copyright Modernization Act, SC 2012, c 20. 4 WCT, Article 8. The WIPO Performances and P......
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"Making Available" Is Not An Independent Copyright In Canada
...under the Canadian Copyright Act. In Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30 (SOCAN v ESA 2022), the Court overturned a decision of the Copyright Board that would have permitted additional royalties to be charged by col......
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Table of Cases
...201 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association , 2022 SCC 30 ...................................................... 12 Solowan , R v , 2008 SCC 62 ............................................................. . 247 Sonne , R v , 2012 ON......
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The Principles and Philosophy of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
...at para 72. 42 Supra note 15. 43 See Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) , [1999] 2 SCR 817, 1999 CanLII 699 . 44 2022 SCC 30 at para 44. See also Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) , ibid at para 70. 45 Supra note 43 at para 71 [ Baker cited to SC......