Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud |
| Date | 15 July 2022 |
| Docket Number | 39418 |
| Citation | 2022 SCC 30 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
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143 practice notes
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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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Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A
...2004 SCC 30, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 789; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30; Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 292; Michel v. Graydon, 20......
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Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21
...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, [2022] 2 S.C.R. 303; Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 845; McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commissi......
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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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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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Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A
...2004 SCC 30, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 789; Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30; Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 292; Michel v. Graydon, 20......
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Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21
...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, [2022] 2 S.C.R. 303; Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 845; McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commissi......
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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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17 firm's commentaries
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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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2022 Year In Review: Canadian Copyright
...A - Scope of Copyright Protection Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30 The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed there is no separate compensable right for 'making available' a work on the internet under the Copyright Ac......
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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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7 books & journal articles
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The presumption of conformity with international law
...been an almost annual phenomenon. See Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association , 2022 SCC 30 [ Entertainment Software ] at para 46; Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec inc , 2020 SCC 32 [ 9147-0732 Québec inc ] at para 31; Va......
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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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Table of cases
...2004 SCC 45 .......99 – 100, 210, 385 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30 .......................122, 180, 224– 5, 291, 410 Spencer v he Queen, [1985] 2 SCR 278 .............................................................
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The implementation and interpretation of treaties
...in a Canadian court of law”); Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Entertainment Software Association , 2022 SCC 30 [ Entertainment Software ] at para 47 (“Negotiation, signing, and ratiication of treaties are acts of the executive. Once ratiied, treaties do not au......
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