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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a district court's decision in favor of rapper Jay-Z ...

The FIFA World Cup is poised to be a transformative economic event for Canada. With transformative events come wide-ranging risks in crime.

On March 6, 2017, CAVCO issued three public notices regarding eligibility for the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit , one of which is of particular interest to non-Canadian OTT service providers.

Video games are big business: from the latest blockbuster, an indie hit, a mobile time-passer for your transit ride, or a packed esports arena with massive online viewership, there's good money in creating engaging and immersive entertainment products.

The short answer is that Hollywood is back to work, and that should be good news for Canadian producers, those whose livelihood depends...

The video game industry is highly competitive. As the barrier to entry for developers has been lowered, the number of competing products in the market has dramatically increased.

As reported in the recent Ontario decision of Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2021 ONSC 4840, Damon Pourshian, the Toronto-based Sheridan student who commenced a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company...

To promote cultural programming in film, the Canadian government provides tax incentives to producers who make films with significant Canadian cultural content.

On November 5, 2018, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued new guidance for assessing intermediary liability under Section 9 of CASL.

On September 2, 2023, the federal government published its highly anticipated draft Regulations Respecting the Application of the Online News Act, the Duty to Notify and the Request for Exemptions...

On June 22, 2023, Bill C-18, An Act Respecting Online Communications Platforms that Make News Content Available to Persons in Canada, also known as the federal Online News Act, received royal assent.

La Cour fédérale a récemment rendu sa décision dans l'affaire Bell Media Inc c. Macciacchera (Smoothstream.tv), 2022 CF 1139. Dans cette décision, la Cour a souligné l'importance...

In the music industry, a band with any sort of longevity has likely experienced business disputes among bandmates. They could be relating to royalties or profit splits, use of the band name, ...

The stories dominated the headlines: "Tickets for Tragically Hip gone in a flash"; "Tragically Hip Tickets sell out again"; and "After Tragically Hip ticket fiasco, attorney general consults industry on ticketing practices."

On September 28, 2017, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage (the "Minister"), delivered a speech in Ottawa entitled #CreativeCanada: A Vision for Canada's Creative Industries.

On Sunday May 4, 2025, President Trump posted on social media that foreign film production represents a US national security threat necessitating a 100% tariff on films made outside of the United States.