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OBA - EMC Section Year In Review

  • 01 juillet 2013
  • Bob Tarantino

The past year has been one of transition for the Entertainment, Media and Communications Law Section and its members in a number of different ways.

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The Copyright Modernization Act and UGC

  • 07 juin 2013
  • Margot Patterson

Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act, is an attempt to balance out the policy concerns of increasing innovation and competition, against creators’ need to protect their works. How best to achieve this balance is one of copyright’s most fundamental issues. 

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Practice Tips: Clearing Music for E&O Purposes

  • 05 avril 2013
  • Bob Tarantino

The Entertainment, Media and Communications Section is proud to introduce Practice Tips, a series of articles that offer suggestions on legal issues frequently encountered by entertainment, media and communications lawyers.

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Monetizing Music File-Sharing: Reconciling Consumer Behaviour with a Willingness to Pay

  • 05 avril 2013
  • Andreas Kalogiannides

The issue of unauthorized music file-sharing in Canada is a "good news bad news" situation: millions of Canadians regularly file-share music on peer-to-peer and BitTorrent networks without a licence, but according to a recent study commissioned by the Songwriters Association of Canada...

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Canadian Copyright Law: Tattoos and Body Art

  • 05 avril 2013
  • Tara Parker

As tattoos have increasingly become part of mainstream entertainment culture, questions regarding the ownership and use of body art in media are surfacing at the cutting edge of copyright law.

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Join the EMC LinkedIn Group!

  • 07 juin 2012
  • Bob Tarantino, Stephen Zolf

The OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Law Section LinkedIn group has been up and running for nearly six months now. Join our very own LinkedIn group!

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