Resources

Useful resource website and Guilds

List of Collective Societies and websites.

Useful List of Government Agencies and Bodies websites.

More than a decade after the initial release of Creative Commons licenses, they remain widely used in a wide range of cultural activities – but are, perhaps surprisingly, only infrequently relied on by Canadian producers of commercial film, television and new media projects.

Court battles waged by the heirs of the co-creators of Superman and the co-writer of “Y.M.C.A” (Victor Willis, the “cop”, in case you were wondering) are just two examples of efforts by artists in the United States to reclaim their copyrights using statutory termination rights.

On October 2, 2012, over 50 private practice and in-house entertainment lawyers and students gathered at the OBA Conference Centre for the EMCs section’s half-day conference, entitled New Vistas: The Copyright Pentalogy, Music Licensing and Cultivating the In-House Relationship.

On Oct. 2, 2012, over 50 private practice & in-house entertainment lawyers and students gathered at Twenty Toronto Street for the EMC's section’s half-day conference, entitled New Vistas: The Copyright Pentalogy, Music Licensing and Cultivating the In-House Relationship.

New or digital/interactive media is rapidly evolving to affect and connect many industry sectors, from entertainment, media, communications, information technology, and advertising and marketing, to e-commerce.

What are the ethical issues typically seen in an entertainment-related negotiation? How do you maintain professionalism and act as the voice of reason when your client is prepared to risk it all for a shot at fame and fortune?