Blacklock's Reporter (founded October 2012) is an Ottawa-based Internet publication covering Canadian government administration. It publishes several articles each day, along with book reviews, poetry and guest commentaries.
| Type | news website |
|---|---|
| Format | Online Newspaper |
| Publisher | Holly Doan |
| Editor | Tom Korski |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Website | blacklocks |
Six reporters, including Tom Korski, banded together to launch the news site.[1] Its name is derived from a Montreal Gazette war correspondent, Thomas Hyland Blacklock (died 1934), who had been head of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery.[2]
In November, 2012, Blacklock's won a dispute with the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery to have its journalists accredited.[3]
Blacklock's won an Ontario Small Claims Court lawsuit over breach of its paywalls.[4]
In November 2016, the Federal Court of Canada rejected an action for breach of copyright by Blacklock's against the Department of Finance of Canada.[5] The Court held the sharing of paywall-protected articles among a relatively small group of people connected with the news item was fair dealing.[6] The Court ordered Blacklock's to pay the Department costs of $65,000, stating that "the litigation should never have been commenced, let alone carried to trial", and that Blacklock's demand for compensation was "based on unwarranted and self-serving assertion of indiscriminate and widespread infringement".[7][8]
Blacklocks has filed several other paywall protection cases that are still awaiting trial.[9]
References
edit- ^ Rupp, Shannon (October 26, 2012). "An Old School News Site that Minds Ottawa's Business". The Tyee. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "About Us Blacklock's". blacklocks.ca. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Parliamentary Press Gallery issues Blacklock's Reporter accreditation after controversy". 28 November 2012.
- ^ "1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock's Reporter) v. Canadian Vintners Association". Canadian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock's Reporter) v. Canada (Attorney General)". Federal Court of Canada. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Federal Court Finds Fair Dealing in Blacklock's Reporter v AG Canada | Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)".
- ^ "Judge orders Blacklock's to pay government $65,000". 21 December 2016.
- ^ McKiernan, Michael. "Focus: Feds must take action on copyright trolls". Law Times. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Browsewraps, fair dealing and Blacklock's Reporter v Canada: A critical commentary".
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