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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:

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...