Canada:
Canadian City Transfers Ogopogo Copyright To First Nation
21 June 2021
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
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The City of Vernon has transferred the copyright to the name for
a mythical sea creature, Ogopogo, to a local First Nation.
Previously subject to criticism of cultural appropriation, the name
is derived from a word in the local Syilx language.
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Canadian City Transfers Ogopogo Copyright To First Nation
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