Rush and Rush: Using Music in Political Activities (Redux)

News reports that Rush (the band) have demanded that Rush (the Limbaugh) desist from using the band’s music in his radio […]

By Bob Tarantino

Still Unsure: Copyright Board Denies Application for Interim Tariff on UGC and Online Movie Delivery

In a decision dated February 17, 2012, the Copyright Board has denied the request made by SOCAN for an interim […]

By Bob Tarantino

Canadian entertainment lawyers are forced to look on in wonderment (and envy?) at the plethora of entertainment law-related legal disputes […]

By Bob Tarantino

Chris Castle has collected all of the installments from his ongoing series of posts More Questions for Artists: Record Producer […]

By Bob Tarantino

Music Canada has released (hat tip: Sundeep Chauhan – @CopyrightReport) a handy publication entitled Licensing Digital Music in Canada, which, […]

By Bob Tarantino

Music Canada, the trade association which “represents Canada’s major [record] labels”, has a very handy “licensing primer” on its website, […]

By Bob Tarantino

A number of news outlets have recently reported on the flood of litigation which is expected to arise in the […]

By Bob Tarantino

On May 30, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlement agreements reached among the four major Canadian […]

By Bob Tarantino

Over the last couple of weeks a number of articles have come to my attention which, in different measures, I […]

By Bob Tarantino

Pandora Media, Inc.’s Form S-1 (hat tip: Geist), filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 2011, offers interested […]

By Bob Tarantino

Eriq Gardner at THR, Esq. reported earlier this month about a recent lawsuit filed in the United States: CBS Sued […]

By Bob Tarantino

From the “old, but new to me” file, the Future of Music website has an interesting post listing The 29 […]

By Bob Tarantino