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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...

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.

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

On September 5, 2012, OBA Entertainment, Media and Communications lawyers and their industry friends popped by the beautiful Bymark patio for a memorable and entertaining pre-TIFF social gathering. In this article, Jason Meloche recaps the evening.

Jordan Nahmias and Angelika Heim recently asked some of the finest and the brightest entertainment law lawyers to share the best, worst and/or most memorable or favourite gifts they’ve received over their careers. They’ve left it to you to determine which are the best, worst and most memorable!

This article proposes a legislative model designed to encourage the adoption of a concussion management plan for youth-sports, including the establishment of concussion treatment protocols and ongoing training in concussive injury for parents, coaches and trainers...

In this short article, Catherine Lovrics and Jill Jarvis-Tonus provide an overview of the most interesting (and, depending on your perspective, possibly controversial) provisions of the Copyright Modernization Act.

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!

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: