Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 3-22-2016 12:00 AM The Copyright Board and Tribunals Process: Users in the Balance Louis J. D'Alton The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Samuel Trosow The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Law A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Master of Studies in Law © Louis J. D'Alton 2016 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Administrative Law Commons, Arts Management Commons, Audio Arts and Acoustics Commons, Composition Commons, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Performance Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, and the Other Music Commons Recommended Citation D'Alton, Louis J., "The Copyright Board and Tribunals Process: Users in the Balance" (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3708. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3708 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Abstract The wholesale adoption of copyright collective management as a public policy tool has had an extraordinary impact on the information landscape. The unfettered expansion of collective rights organizations throughout the 20th century has resulted in increased social costs and a burgeoning bureaucracy surrounding the collective use of rights. This thesis considers the role of copyright tribunals within that process, and more importantly within a critical historical frame.