While COVID-19 has paralyzed much of the entertainment industry, the video game sector provides a notable exception to this trend, and has benefitted from a pandemic-fuelled surge in popularity.

Asset securitization offers an efficient structuring solution to finance and capitalize certain businesses. It has been used in Canada and internationally to finance and refinance auto...

Life science companies who are in the early stages of research often ask 'how will I know if I have something patentable'.

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) isn't just a red carpet for filmmakers – it's a global marketplace where content creators, distributors, investors, business professionals...

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise and is receiving significant attention across disciplines and industries. The impact of generative AI spans various fields...

This summer not only did Trump use Beyoncé's song Freedom as the background to a campaign video posted on social media, his campaign also featured several iconic songs during his rallies including the Foo Fighter's My Hero...

On February 13 the Competition Bureau struck another blow against so-called "drip-pricing" ticket-selling tactics when it slammed the deceptive online advertising,...

It's quite possible that there may be some readers that may not know about Fyre Festival.

Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holding's recent acquisition of the record label Big Machine Records and, most importantly, the master recordings of Taylor Swift's first 6 albums is no love story

As noted recently by Canada's Federal Court: "the Copyright Act is, at the risk of understatement, complex". Commencing a claim for copyright infringement requires satisfying various conditions precedent set out ...

On September 30, 2018, Canada, Mexico, and the United States agreed to a trilateral trade agreement called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace

On June 4, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-121 (Decision)...

Fondé en 2007 par trois étudiants américains, Grooveshark permettait l'écoute à la demande de milliers de chansons mises en ligne par des utilisateurs du site.

There are few spaces where people truly allow themselves to get lost in the moment. But when you, your friends, and hundreds or thousands of other fans are singing along with your favourite band as they command the stage...

So, you're a successful artist who recently moved to a new record label, only to turn around and find out that the masters for your first six albums, the last 10 years of your career, have been sold to someone you have...

Developments in artificial intelligence ("AI") have excited people across industries for years—in 2017, PwC projected that AI would contribute over USD$15 trillion to the global economy by 2030...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") released its long-anticipated decision to require online undertakings to make financial contributions...

In advising potential art donors I find my clients are surprised when I ask "Are you the owner of the art?" At times there is no quick or obvious answer.

Fasken successfully represented several of the respondents before the Supreme Court of Canada in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association...

In part three of the series, we began to discuss the evidence that the physical masters are a significant asset to the owner by looking at the concept of remastering to keep up...