Articles 2020

Incorporating a deceased superstar into a live performance is more complicated than simply knowing whom to contact to clear the various rights, particularly if you are messing with that superstar’s image.

We asked some of our favorite law librarians and the chair of the OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Section about books for lawyers. Whether it’s for your next poolside vacation or your commute into work, here are the Top 15 books that every lawyer should read, in no particular order:

The Entertainment, Media and Communications (“EMC”) Section of the OBA gathered at the newest King Street hotspot, Hush Bar & Patio (conveniently located across the street from the TIFF Lightbox) for our annual Holiday Social on November 30, 2011.

We have created a new way for EMC Section members to participate: our very own LinkedIn group!

In 2010, the Federal Court of Appeal found that ISPs were not subject to the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11, (the “Broadcasting Act”).

Bob Tarantino answers: What does it mean to call something a "director's cut"? Who else would have a right to "cut" a film if not a director? What sorts of limitations can be placed on a director's right to "cut" their film?

This year's TIFF "schmoozefest" was more popular than ever and the Indian Summer weather assisted the event's high turnout.

When you create a hyperlink to a web page that has defamatory content, are you liable for it? The Supreme Court of Canada has now given us the answer, and like most things in law the answer is both simple and potentially complicated...

In April of 2011, after considerable cajoling by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the Canadian Media Production Association successfully concluded negotiations and entered into a Terms of Trade Agreement with five of Canada’s largest private television broadcasters...