HST at 13% coming July 1, 2010. Ready or Not!

Incredibly, there is still 6 million dollars ($6,000,000) in the ten million dollar IPDF that has not yet been allocated. Personnel at the OMDC are mystified as to why there have been fewer applications than expected. In December of 2009 when the IPDF was announced, the feeling was that the money would vapourize in a [...]

Just back from the 39th annual UCLA Entertainment Lawyers Symposium hosted by the Law School at UCLA. The guest speaker was Morgan Freeman. Hot topics this year included piracy, the lack of pickup for films in the ‘Middle” range of the USA market; the movement away from 1st gross dollar deals for even the loftiest of stars; [...]

Chef Lynn Crawford talks about her tv show, Pitching In but also announces the opening of her new restaurant in South Riverdale. She will take over the old Citizen at 730 Queen Stree East. Lucky and convenient for those of us in the Riverdale neighbourhood!

If you didn’t catch the press release or the report in the Globe, Star and Post, here is a summary of a newly announced Ontario Tax Rebate. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) FUND The Ontario Budget of March 26, 2009 announced that the Provincial Government would “invest $10 million in a pilot program, administered through OMDC, that [...]

I have been attending the Industry events at TIFF 2009, and in particular the Meet With series. Monday, September 14, 2009, the topic under discussion was “New Trends in Distribution”. Hosted by Cinetic Rights Management’s Matt Dentier, the concensus was that filmmakers can no longer expect the bidding wars and big sales of the recent [...]

Well it is finally up; the culmination of much work by my web guy, Christopher Guest. This is truly a work-in-progress as I have much content to add and refinements in the look and operation of the site to yet negotiate. This launch is only one of several initiatives that I have begun in the last [...]

That’s right as you can see around you there is a change afoot. The new FilmLegals site will eventually offer artists and filmmakers a resource for taking control of their legal world.