From Broadcasting To Telecommunications And Everything In Between: Reflections On The Recent New Developments In Communications Law And Policy Conference

We recently attended the 18th Biennial National Conference: New Developments in Communications Law and Policy, a national symposium of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Entertainment Media and Communications Law section of the Canadian Bar Association.  This conference is always a stimulating and fascinating opportunity to share thoughts with colleagues in the Canadian communications sector.  This year's event was no exception.

Day One: Broadcasting, Privacy and Data

The conference kicked off with a plenary session on the state of the Canadian rights market.  Jay Kerr-Wilson and Ariel Thomas, both of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, explained how the existence of a distinct Canadian rights market was not an accident: it was the product of regulatory interventions designed to support it, beginning with the creation of the Broadcasting Act and the associated Canadian ownership and simultaneous substitution rules.  But, in the age of global over-the-top