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T: That’s what I’ve told people. All you need is one
good story for OCIs. They’re gonna ask a series of
questions and they’ll remember one good story. Try
not to make it about alcohol.
K: Who was your favourite lecturer?
C: I really will miss Michael Mandel. He was a big
part of my first year. I feel very honoured to have
been one of the last classes he taught.
K: Well if that doesn’t incite half the student body to
join the Obiter, I don’t know what will. All it took for
me was some dude yelling as I walked by the Obiter
table at clubs fair: “Join the Obiter, it’s not pretentious at all!”
T: Well, we showed them.
C: Did we ever, LuAnn.
T: I’m not going to pretend that I loved every class I
took or even that I think that everyone on faculty is
a great lecturer.
K: Off the record.
T: No, put it on if you want. But Marilyn Pilkington
will never know how I admired her from afar for
an entire semester. I’ve never been so comfortable
with so much material, but she’s just able to convey
her knowledge, which is massive, in such a clear and
easy way. I don’t think I’ll ever have a lecturer like
that ever again.
K: What will you miss most about Osgoode?
C: My fellow EICs, obviously.
T: Well of course I’ll miss the Obiter. I went to a
meeting in September of 2011 and I haven’t not been
part of it since. It’s been something I stuck with the
whole time and really enjoyed. I didn’t think there
would be something I would do for free that would
engage me in this way.
ESLA conference
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as they paraded recent legal victories against The
Pirate Bay and ISOhunt (sites which are both
already back up and running). The approach of
fighting Internet music dissemination through
litigation not only alienates fans, but is also a lost
cause. Even services like Spotify and Rdio, which
seem to be making at least some advances in a
changing market, have failed to capture profit-
ability through music streaming. What may be
needed is a renewed focus on the live act, or on
the album as a piece of art worthy of purchase, in
order to reinvigorate the industry. However, the
feeling – from the ESLA Conference, at least – is
that industry players continue to hold out hope on
the old model, and are content to enjoy the short
lived victories while reminiscing about the time
Napster was taken offline (which, I should mention, was actually referred to as a relevant success
story by one of the speakers).
Though the experiences for listeners and
viewers continue to improve, within the entertainment industry it is clear that market changes
face a mixed reception. The hesitation, in the television and music industries especially, is carving
a void in both profitability and viability. Hopefully, some of the more innovative players will
pick up the slack from the old traditionalists
and help the industry keep pace with changing
services and expectations. Fortunately for the
entertained public, however, the technology is
advancing at such a rate that we will continue
enjoying an ever-improving entertainment experience, regardless of whether the providers are
quick enough to figure out how to cash in.
K: Spoken like a true law student.
T: I’m not gonna miss class. But I will missK: Passy!
T: I actually liked living in Passy because I was so
close to school all the time. The thing I’ll miss most
is being able to go to the JCR and have a beer at the
law school I go to and have a chance to chit chat
with everyone I know.
C: I’m going to miss this office.
K: We basically lived in it this year.
C: Yeah, so the Obiter is something I stuck with for
all three years. And I wouldn’t have been here if not
for Karolina. I won’t forget that first week of 1L, you
told me: “There’s free pizza, we have to go.”
K: I was like: “We’re gonna be on the newspaper and
we’re gonna be friends.”
C: I really enjoyed seeing how other people write
and giving them a space to do something that’s in
law school but doesn’t have anything to do with it.
The Obiter gives people an outlet to be creative [