Copyright
Licensor Remedies In the Face of Licensee Insolvency; Or: Your Film Distributor Has Gone Bankrupt, Now What?
Inside the Room Full of Spoons: Key takeaways and hot topics from the Wiseau Studio v Harper saga
Room Full of Spoons: The Contributions of Wiseau Studio v Harper to Canadian Entertainment Law
Lessons from the Drake-Jimmy Smith copyright dispute: Applying the US’s fair use summary procedures to Canadian fair dealing
Broadcasters obtain injunction in bid to stem “emerging trend” of pre-loaded set-top boxes
The Federal Court of Canada recently granted three large broadcasters an order for an injunction* against retailers of pre-loaded “plug-and-play” […]
A Brief History of the Broadcast Reproduction Right
The following is a timeline of broadcast reproduction copyright developments, leading to yesterday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision in CBC […]
The Complexities of Canada’s Extension of Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings
On June 23, 2015, Royal Assent was given to Parliament’s Bill C-59, otherwise known as the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, […]
Trivial Thoughts on Substantial Parts
What constitutes a “substantial part” of a copyrighted work is an endlessly diverting question – both because copyright law tends […]
I Didn’t Say That – The Ability of Actors to Control Their Performances Under Canadian Copyright Law
When the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its 2014 opinion in Garcia v Google (the original order […]
Balancing the Budget …and Balancing Copyright
The Government of Canada’s Budget Plan for 2015 proposes various measures within the expected areas of tax relief, job creation and economic growth […]
The Challenge of the Unlocatable Copyright Owner – Checklists!
As this blog has documented on numerous occasions (first; second; third), Canada’s Copyright Act contains an “unlocatable owner” licensing mechanism (sometimes referred to […]