Crank It to 11: Bill C-11 Receives Royal Assent – What Changes for Entertainment Lawyers
Bill C-11 (The Copyright Modernization Act) has received Royal Assent (on June 29, 2012). In summary terms, here are the top […]
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Exempting Storage Media from Canada’s Private Copying Levies
The Canadian government has announced that it will be implementing regulations under the Copyright Act (Canada) which have the effect […]
Warman v Fournier: Infringement Assessed
The recent Federal Court of Canada decsion in Warman v Fournier (2012 FC 803 – for reasons which elude me, […]
Depicting Trade-marks in Artistic Works: University of Alabama vs New Life Art
Although a decision from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has limited precedential value in Canadian courts, the decision in […]
CARCC Provides Suggested Rates for Visual Arts Reproduction
From our “news to me” files, I recently discovered that CARCC (the Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective) provides suggested “reproduction fees” […]
Neighbouring Rights in the US and Canada: Contracts and Copyrights
The news that Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and Big Machine Label Group have reached a private agreement whereby the […]
User-Generated Content – Liabilities and Prospects Threedux
If, as seems increasingly likely, the so-called “YouTube” exception contemplated by Bill C-11 (formally, and boringly, entitled “Non-commercial User Generated […]
Resale Right / Droit de Suite Developments
As I noted previously (Forgotten corner of the copyright canvas), California has, until recently, been the only North American jurisdiction […]
Recorded Music Makers and Performers Achieve Public Performance Parity (Sort Of)
On May 26, 2012, the Copyright Board of Canada released Re:Sound’s certified Tariff No. 5 (Use of Music to Accompany […]
Parody Defence Not Far Far Away
The good folks at the Lawyers Weekly have published a short commentary of mine on the imminent introduction into Canadian […]
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 […]
DOC Proposes Documentary Filmmaker Exception to Bill C-11
Kudos to The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), which has released a proposed Exemption for Documentary Filmmakers to Circumvent Technical […]