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OBA EM&C: who owns that? Copyright terminations and reversions in the United States and Canada

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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March 6 2013

Court battles waged by the heirs of the co-creators of Superman and the co-writer of “Y.M.C.A” (Victor Willis, the “cop”, in case you were wondering

US anti-circumvention rulemaking, documentary films and Canadian copyright

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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August 3 2010

Last week's promulgation by the United States' Librarian of Congress of a rule which creates an exemption for certain classes of works from the prohibition (in the US Copyright Act, first introduced by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA) against circumventing technological measures that control access to copyrighted works - which is rather a mouthful (or eyeful) - is noteworthy for a number of reasons which are of immediate relevance to Canadian entertainment lawyers and copyright enthusiasts

Bratz and Baby Buddies - clarifying the ideaexpression dichotomy

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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August 10 2010

The ideaexpression dichotomy is fundamental to copyright law, and can be stated with relative ease

Previews of music as fair dealing (Threedux)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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August 13 2010

A further development in the SOCAN v Bell Canada, et al case - where the Federal Court of Appeal recently held that "previews" of songs offered by online music services constituted "fair dealing" for the purposes of research

Consumer rights in copyrighted works

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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October 28 2010

IP Osgoode has announced the winners of its 2010 IP Writing Challenge

Question and answer: is it necessary to register a copyright?

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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September 25 2010

Good artists copy - great artists steal (I'm so hardcore I won't even provide an attribution for that aphorism

The lurking danger of limited license durations

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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February 21 2011

Eriq Gardner at THR, Esq. reported earlier this month about a recent lawsuit filed in the United States: CBS Sued Over 63-Year-Old Song Used in 'Family Ties'

Licensing and sale of copyright and the (un)willingness to pay

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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September 13 2010

The New York Times had an excellent article last week ("The Music-Copyright Enforcers" by John Bowe) (hat tip: Miri Frankel at The 1709 Blog) which explores the task and challenges facing performing rights organizations (the entities, such as SOCAN (in Canada), ASCAP and BMI (in the US)) which license the public performance of musical compositions

Title dispute - similar or identical titles for film and TV projects

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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November 17 2010

A suitable name for an entertainment project can be critical to its success and can even enhance the aesthetic effect of the overall work

The challenge of the unlocatable copyright owner - now empirically verified

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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November 19 2010

Further to our earlier post (The Challenge of the Unlocatable Copyright Owner), Jeremy de Beer and Mario Bouchard have written a very interesting study entitled Canada's "Orphan Works" Regime: Unlocatable Copyright Owners and the Copyright Board