In its decision released today in CBC v SODRAC, the Supreme Court of Canada addressed the question, "Does the [Copyright] Board’s power to set the terms of a licence include the power to bind the parties to those terms?" The Court ruled that "the statutory licensing scheme does not contemplate that licences fixed by the Board pursuant to s. 70.2 should have a mandatory binding effect against users." This is an important ruling in the context of the Copyright Board's postsecondary tariff proceedings which are set to resume in January 2016.
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In its decision released today in CBC v SODRAC, the Supreme Court of Canada addressed the question, "Does the [Copyright] Board’s power to set the terms of a licence include the power to bind the parties to those terms?" The Court ruled that "the statutory licensing scheme does not contemplate that licences fixed by the Board pursuant to s. 70.2 should have a mandatory binding effect against users." This is an important ruling in the context of the Copyright Board's postsecondary tariff proceedings which are set to resume in January 2016.
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