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I don’t know how the brain trust over at CBC thought this would look good on them.

The broadcaster most thought of as being in the pocket of Justin Trudeau and the Liberals has decided to sue the Conservative Party with less than two weeks to go before voting day.

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The lawsuit — which claims copyright infringement — is not only bad optics, its a bad decision from a legal point of view.

CBC is wrong on the law here.

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The statement of claim filed in court tries to argue that CBC’s copyright has been infringed because the Conservatives used several short clips, totalling 17 seconds, as part of an online video questioning the judgement of Justin Trudeau.

The filing also claims the moral rights of CBC staffers Rosemary Barton and J.P. Tasker were violated.

This is nothing more than an attempt by CBC to bully the Conservatives because they don’t like that news clips have been used in ads even though it is completely allowable under the “fair dealing” provisions within the Copyright Act.