Minister provides proposed amendments to AIDA
The ISED Minister has now released the amendments it proposes to AIDA together with an explanatory letter. They van be accessed here and here (English) and here and here (French). Thee will…
UK AI Regulation Bill
A private members Bill introduced into the UK House of Lords entitled the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] is an example of a model agile law to regulate AI. It may provide a…
Government proposals to amend AIDA: the challenges ahead Part 2
The Government still does not appear ready to clarify what threshold or risk to health and safety or bias would be sufficient to make an AI system a “high impact” system, either in the initial…
Five Tech Cases Everyone Needs to Know – SOCAN v CAIP
The Supreme Court decision in SOCAN v CAIP was a landmark copyright decision that broke new ground on the liability (or immunities) of ISPs for copyright infringement in Canada and in…
Government proposals to amend CPPA and AIDA: the good, the bad, and the challenges ahead Part 1
In response to criticisms about Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, and especially criticisms related to AIDA, the Government disclosed amendments it proposes to make…
Canadian consultation on the implications of GenAI for copyright.
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and the Department of Heritage just launched a Consultation on the implications of generative artificial…
Legality of search engines and AI systems under PIPEDA and CPPA: Google v Privacy Commissioner
The Federal Court of Appeal just released an important opinion in Google LLC v. Canada (Privacy Commissioner) 2023 FCA 200, holding that Google cannot rely on the journalistic exception in…
AI, Copyright + the Wisdom of Experience: my keynote speech at All In
I had the pleasure earlier this week to speak at the All In AI Event in Montreal. This was a premiere 2 day event described as “The most important event dedicated to Canadian AI”. The…
Internet account holders not liable for copyright infringement of their users: Voltage v Doe
A person is not liable for copyright infringement without evidence other than it is a holder of an account that has been used to infringe copyright.
OpenAI comes out swinging in motions to dismiss copyright class action claims
OpenAI moves to dismiss claims its output infringes authors' copyrights. OpenAI alleges that output cannot be an infringing derivative work.
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