Copyright aficionados and creative types alike celebrate January 1st every year as the day that copyright expires in a slew of culturally relevant works—including, this year, the Great Gatsby.

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...

A recent U.S. decision relating to the song Blurred Lines has attracted significant publicity but raises some concerns.

In the first article of this series, we mentioned that the copyright in a master recording is not a single copyright. There are different forms of copyright that exist and are often held...

In the first article of this series, we outlined Revenu Québec's argument that the master tapes (without the associated copyright) held no value. In contrast, Unidisc argued that the physical medium held all the value.

Although it is battling for eyeballs with newer services like TikTok, YouTube is still a dominant player in the online video space.

Who has the onus of establishing whether or not a license has been granted? If the license is oral, how is the "applicable law" established and under which jurisdiction?

In my article Record Deals and Contract Tips: Part 1, I provided some thoughts on record deals in 2022 more generally.

I'll admit that I kind of love generic corporate art – massive abstract paintings in hotel lobbies, huge and vaguely unsettling sculpture pieces outside bank towers. But here at the Babin Bessner...

Re:Sound Tariff No. 6.B sets the royalties to be paid for the communication to the public of published sound recordings in any venue for the purposes of fitness.

A Toronto man recently decided to turn his front yard into a work of art. Are we talking Renaissance art? Modern art? Maybe more of a Picasso taste? Not quite.

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as ChatGPT and DABUS, have sparked debates about their potential role in patenting new inventions.

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

In a matter of days, Drake's latest release went from making headlines around the world to being taken down amidst threats of legal action from the estate of arguably one of the most revered...

Online music service ("OMS") providers scored a win on July 15, 2022, with the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") decision in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada ("SOCAN")...

Those of you who know me well will know that my first career choice was to be a music teacher. I studied and played music classically well into my teens.

You have likely seen the headlines celebrating (some admonishing) Fearless Girl, the strategically placed statue of a determined girl, standing with her hands on her hips in front of the famed Charging Bull statue on New York's Wall Street.

When you purchase fine art in Canada, you must apply for an export permit before you will be permitted to export the artwork.

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, ...

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.