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Platforms, Content Ownership, and Creator Rights
Social platforms give creators reach, but they also control the rules, licenses, and AI features that can reshape who benefits from public content and creator likeness.
Muse Image: Why Meta’s new AI feature only lasted 72 hours
Meta’s launch of Muse Image AI image generator triggered backlash from talent agencies, unions, and privacy advocates, prompting suspension after only three days on the market.
Intro to the Creator Economy
The creator economy is the ecosystem of people who build an audience online and turn attention, trust, and content into value.
Bill C-34: Canada’s Online Safety Act is Thin on AI Governance
Bill C-34 may regulate chatbots and social media harms, but it does not give Canada the broad AI law businesses, creators, and brands actually need.
Why Canada’s AI law never passed, and what will replace it?
Ahead of Ottawa’s newly introduced Bill C-34, this article breaks the substance of the failed legislation, and why Canada still has no standalone binding AI framework in 2026.
How Creators Can Protect Against AI Misuse
AI can clone your voice and fabricate your likeness in minutes. Taylor Swift's trademark filings signal a new legal frontier.
FIFA World Cup 2026: What Canadian Businesses and Influencers Need to Know
Toronto and Vancouver are gearing up for FIFA this summer, and businesses will be looking for ways to capitalize on the event, but not without risk.
Ontario's STAR Act: What Performers, Creators & Talent Agencies Need to Know
Ontario’s new Bill 105 includes the Strengthening Talent Agency Regulation (STAR) Act introducing real guardrails around how talent agencies handle performers’ money and commissions – but that only solves half the problem.
Beyond the $1B Headline: How Disney Turned Its IP into an Equity Play
Disney is being compensated entirely in stock warrants for its character rights. This isn’t just a licensing deal. It is a bet that generative AI will be so valuable that trading immediate IP revenue for upside in the AI company itself is worth the risk.
Disney-OpenAI: Deal Impact on Usage Rights & AI Training in the Creator Economy
Disney’s latest moves with OpenAI and Google quietly reset the baseline for what creators should be asking for in every contract in 2026.
WBD Takeover (Part I): Anti-Trust, Competition Law, and the $82.7B Question
This article analyzed a proposed Netflix acquisition of WBD. That proposal was ultimately not consummated. On Sept 21, 2026, Paramount Skydance settled with 12 states, clearing the final major hurdle to its $110–111B acquisition of WBD.
AI, Privacy Law and Creators: What Changes in 2025?
With major federal AI and data privacy legislation like Bill C-27 on pause while Quebec forges ahead with stringent new rules, understanding how AI impacts your content, your contracts, and your business is critical for Canadian content creators.
Sneak & Desist: The Toronto Trademark Battle Every Business Should Know
You might’ve heard by now that Sneaky Dee’s, in an attempt to rally fans and promote its World Series watch party, used the official Blue Jays logo and images of players in its social media posts.
Behind the Curtain: Taylor Swift’s Legal Blueprint
With the world buzzing about Taylor Swift's latest album release, it's easy to get lost in the music, the marketing, and the lore. But for creators, influencers, and entrepreneurs, the real masterclass is her business strategy.
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