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    Gaining access to court files

    BackgrounderKenneth Singer, a Vancouver media law specialist, reviews the limits on media access to court files.…
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    Celebrities and Canadian privacy law

    CommentaryDo Canada’s privacy laws prevent the unauthorized use of celebrities’ names and images? The law is unclear, but lawyer and journalist Mitchell Flagg argues in this commentary that Canada’s courts should reject the American approach and deny celebrities a monopoly…
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    Quebec’s privacy law restricts publication of photos

    AnalysisQuebec has some of the strongest privacy laws in the western world. CBC lawyer Marie-Philippe Bouchard examines two court rulings that punished Quebec media outlets for publishing photographs of individuals.…
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    Privacy law primer

    AnalysisVancouver lawyer Daniel Burnett reviews the law in four provinces with statutes that protect personal privacy.…
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    Defamation on the Internet

    AnalysisVancouver media lawyer David Sutherland explores how defamation law applies to the brave new world of the Internet.…
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    Publication bans: What the media can’t say

    FeatureHow do publication bans work and why are they imposed? CBC News Online tackles these and other questions about restrictions on media coverage of court cases. By John Bowman and Justin Thompson.…
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    An online guide to copyright law

    BackgrounderIn the simplest terms, “copyright” means “the right to copy.” Only the owner of copyright – usually the creator of the work – can produce or reproduce the work, or permit anyone else to do so. Copyright law rewards and…
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    The case for cameras in the courts

    CommentaryCBC lawyer Daniel Henry makes the pitch for camera access to Canada’s courts.…
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    Journalists and the law

    This section contains information, advice and commentary on legal issues that affect how journalists do their jobs.…
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    N.S. judge opens youth court records

    NewsYoung offenders handed an adult sentence for serious crimes not only lose the right to remain anonymous; they should expect pre-sentence and psychological reports filed with the courts to be made public. That’s the finding of a Nova Scotia youth…