Copyright in the Digital Age

SUMMARY - Copyright in the Digital Age

Copyright in the Digital Age: An Evolving Landscape

Copyright was created for a world of printing presses, sheet music, and physical distribution. Today’s digital environment is dramatically different — faster, more interconnected, and more difficult to regulate. As technology reshapes how creative works are produced, shared, and consumed, copyright law is being pushed to its limits.

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Who Trained on What? AI, Canadian Journalism, and the Attribution Gap

A pair of studies from McGill University's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy has put numbers to something many in the journalism industry have suspected for years: AI companies are building commercial products on the back of Canadian reporting, and they are doing so largely without credit and without compensation.

AI Canadian Journalism and Paths for Policy Action

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