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  Expert insight: Extended copyright benefits the corporate few, not the public

  Who benefits from Canada’s recent extension of copyright? Dead authors? Students? Marginalized writers? If you answered no to all of these, you’d be correct. Lisa Macklem, PhD Candidate, Law shares why better protections for users’ rights are needed to ensure the public retains access to Canadian culture and heritage so Canadian creativity and innovation can continue to thrive.

• Winter term dispatch: News and opportunities for the new year
• Former Ontario deputy premier is Western Law’s Distinguished Leader in Residence
• Pam Shin (LLB’08) takes on Chair of Inaugural Young Alumni Advisory Council
• Western Law Announces Young Alumni Advisory Council
• Western prof, students honoured for advancing international criminal justice