Music
Licensor Remedies In the Face of Licensee Insolvency; Or: Your Film Distributor Has Gone Bankrupt, Now What?
Lessons from the Drake-Jimmy Smith copyright dispute: Applying the US’s fair use summary procedures to Canadian fair dealing
Ottawa Launches Overhaul of Cultural Policy
The Department of Canadian Heritage has launched a review of the federal government’s cultural policy toolkit that could bring significant […]
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, […]
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 […]
Ginuwine Concerns for Management Contracts
[We proudly offer a guest post authored by esteemed colleague and articling student Ben Iscoe, with an assist from yours […]
Canada’s Anti-Spam Law – New Guidance on Offering Apps, Software
Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) targets more than just email and text messages CASL also prohibits installing a “computer program” – […]
Insensitive – Copyright Implications of Jann Arden’s Stand
Twitter began to light up on August 7, 2014 when Canadian singer/songwriter Jann Arden (@jannarden) began to object, via a […]
Tariffpalooza 2014
Summer 2014. The living is easy; the Copyright Board is certifying tariffs at a furious pace. As we noted back […]
Towards Certainty on Webcasting – Re:Sound Tariff 8 Certified
We inch closer to certainty regarding what royalty rates are payable in Canada by online webcasting services such as Pandora, […]