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Some bonus content for you during our very long hiatus: Interview with Michelle Molineux first published for a CanAsian Arts Network workshop in February 2023. We talk about how Michelle approached contracts first as a performer, then as a producer, and now as a practising entertainment lawyer.

If you contract COVID-19 while working on set, can you make a workers' compensation claim? Greg speaks with Nancy Harwood to find out. Recorded November 26, 2020. Find Nancy Harwood at: https://www.harwoodsafetygroup.com/ Resources Ontario: https://www.wsib.ca/en/faqs-about-claims-and-covid-19https://www.wsib.ca/en Alberta: https://www.wcb.ab.ca/assets/pdfs/workers/WFS_COVID-19.pdf BC: https://www.worksafebc.com/    © 2021 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Guidelines vs the law when it comes to COVID-19. Is it good enough to just follow the letter of the law when it comes to government COVID-19 restrictions in film production? Recorded Nov 17, 2020. Note that restrictions affecting film production may have changed since our recording date. Please check with your local health authorities and government for up to date restrictions that affect you and/or your production.  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Interview with renown technology lawyer Dr. Michael Geist to discuss the “badly drafted” Bill C-10 being the amendments to the Broadcasting Act. Recorded November 27, 2020.  https://www.michaelgeist.ca/  Bill C-10 at First Reading: https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-10/first-reading  Broadcasting Act, SC 1991, c 11, retrieved on 2020-11-25 https://playbackonline.ca/2020/11/03/minister-steven-guilbeault-proposes-bill-to-regulate-otts-grant-more-power-to-crtc/ [pay walled] https://playbackonline.ca/2020/11/04/industry-reacts-to-proposed-broadcasting-act-update/ [pay walled]   © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Updates and corrections! Michelle and Greg return from their long hiatus to provide an update on virtual affidavits and certificates of guarantor. Also we correct a few things Greg didn't previously get right on the podcast. And p.s.: the episode title are words actually spoken by us in the episode. © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Recorded February 18, 2020 at Nerd Nite in the Backstage Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta. Slides available at: https://www.slideshare.net/GregoryPang/nerd-nite-edmonton-how-to-prosecute-thanos. Special thanks to Joshua Gilliland of The Legal Geeks: http://thelegalgeeks.com/.   Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com    This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.cfccreates.com/   © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

A check-in chat with Michelle and Greg. Also we chat about taking a hiatus from the podcast during the summer. © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Recorded May 22, 2020: (Almost) raw and unedited QuarInterview with Matt Watterworth and Scott Westby of the Alberta Filmmakers Podcast! Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABFilmCast Full Swing Productions: https://www.fullswingproductions.com/ © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Affidavits are annoying and producers have to deal with them and, normally, meet lawyers or notaries public to get them commissioned. Then, COVID-19 changed all of that. Find Avnish Nanda at http://www.nandalaw.ca/ and https://twitter.com/avnishnanda  Notaries and Commissioners Act, SA 2013, c N-5.5,   Commissioners for Oaths Act, RSA 2000, c C-20, (REPEALED)  Alberta Ministerial Orders regarding virtual commissioning: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-008-2020-service-alberta  https://open.alberta.ca/publications/ministerial-order-29-2020-jsg  Ontario Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act, RSO 1990, c C.17,   Law Society of Ontario’s messaging on virtual commissioning: https://lso.ca/covid-19-response/faqs/practice-management#can-a-lawyer-or-paralegal-use-virtual-commissioning-in-the-context-of-covid-19--5    Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com    This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.cfccreates.com/   © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

(Almost) raw and unedited QuarInterview with our audio editor Jane Toogood! Find Jane on Instagram @jj_toogood © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

(Almost) raw and unedited QuarInterview with Sheen Rossiter of the WIFTA's Storylines podcast! Find Storylines at https://www.wifta.ca/storylines-podcast/ Sheena Rossiter: http://www.donaanafilms.com/ © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

(Almost) raw and unedited QuarInterview with the wonderful hosts of the Entertainment Law Update podcast! Find Entertainment Law Update at https://entertainmentlawupdate.com/ and Twitter @entlawupdate. Gordon Firemark: https://firemark.com/ and Twitter @gfiremark  Tamera Bennett: https://www.tbennettlaw.com/ and Twitter @tamerabennett © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Do You Defend the Defenders panel recorded at the Calgary Comic Expo way back on April 28 2018. The panelists were Greg, writer Axel Howerton, criminal defence lawyer Andrew Stewart and Crown prosecutor Adam Drew. Recorded using the voice recorder app on Greg's phone. Thanks to Jane for cleaning up the audio as best as she could! This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw  Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux  http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Invoking force majeure clauses and the doctrine of frustration of contracts during events like this crazy pandemic that has caused the film industry to grind to a halt. Show notes: Playback’s list of Canadian film industry events and productions impacted by COVID-19: https://playbackonline.ca/2020/04/07/events-impacted-by-covid-19/ (link may change as it gets updated, go to https://playbackoneline.ca for more information) Naylor Group Inc v Ellis-Don Construction Ltd, 2001 SCC 58 (CanLII), [2001] 2 SCR 943, And Greg was wrong: Hawkins Cheezies are not from a town called Hawkins (this ain't Stranger Things), they're made in Belleville, Ontario. Also the CBC comedy Greg refers to but forgot the title to is Baroness Von Sketch. This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw  Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux  http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

This is a special joint interview with our friend Becky Shrimpton at the Royal Canadian Movie Podcast, i.e. RCMPod! You can find the RCMPod on your favourite podcast catcher and at: http://www.rcmpodcast.com/  https://twitter.com/rcmpod  https://twitter.com/leshrimpton   This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw  Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux  http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

This is part 3 of 3 of our drones, film and the law series! In this part, we provide an update on that pilot who was charged for illegally flying his drone over the Toronto Raptors' championship parade. We also have a special sponsor insert being an interview with Cory Angeletti-Szasz of the Canadian Film Centre! Show notes/links: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/raptors-celebration-drone-footage-1.5189772 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/drone-operator-toronto-raptors-fined-1.5264970 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toby-gu-hong-kong-1.5296008 https://ca.gofundme.com/f/raptors-drone-footage-legal-fund https://w2klradio.com/not-your-playground-toronto-vlogger-slammed-for-violent-hong-kong-protest-video   This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw  Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux  http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

This was fun! A sort of "reverse interview" with friend of the podcast Anne Marie Murphy all about title searches for film productions. Find Anne Marie Murphy at:  www.easternscript.com incoming@easternscript.com Ph: 1.844.842.3999 Twitter: @easternscript  This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw  Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux  http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

For part 2 of our drones, film and the law series, we interview professional drone pilot Mat Matthews to talk about the practical aspects of using drones in film. https://blackhawkaeronautical.com/  https://twitter.com/BlackHawkAero  https://www.instagram.com/blackhawkuav/  https://www.facebook.com/blackhawkaeronautical/  This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Visit: https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. The deadline for their 2020 Cineplex Film Program is Jan. 13, 2020 @ 5pm ET. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Do you use drones or are thinking of using drones to capture film footage? Michelle and Greg speak about drones, film and the law in this first part of our miniseries on drones.  Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Remotely Piloted Air Systems), SOR/2019-11 http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-01-09/html/sor-dors11-eng.html  Flying your Drone Safely and Legally https://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviation/drone-safety/flying-drone-safely-legally.html#legal  R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/17515/index.do    This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. https://ampia.org/  This episode is brought to you by the Canadian Film Centre. The deadline for their 2020 Cineplex Film Program is Jan. 13, 2020 @ 5pm ET. Visit http://cfccreates.com/programs/cineplexfilmprogram  Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2020 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Under the San Diego sun, Greg interviews LA-based entertainment lawyer Chuong Bui from Counsel for Creators LLP. They talk about ClioCon, entertainment law in the U.S., a couple of differences between U.S. and Canadian copyright law and tech innovation in legal practice. Recorded Oct. 22, 2019 at the Clio Cloud Conference (https://cliocloudconference.com/). Special link for free video courtesy of Counsel for Creators: "How To Access The United States Copyright Registration System" https://www.loom.com/share/e1b3c00f80ec45e49f41fd7e44c265bb  Chuong Bui Instagram: @who_is_bui https://counselforcreators.com/.  SCOTUS decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com regarding copyright registration: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-571_e29f.pdf.  Use the coupon "legalcutpro" for a free month of membership legal services from Counsel for Creators! Click on "Sign Up Now": https://counselforcreators.com/creators-legal-program/    This podcast is brought to you by AMPIA and its professional development team. Special thanks to our audio editor Jane Toogood, courtesy of AMPIA. Greg: greg@legalcutpro.com and on Twitter @cyclaw Michelle: michelle@legalcutpro.com and Instagram @michellemolineux http://www.legalcutpro.com  © 2019 RedFrame Law. Some rights reserved. This podcast episode is licensed to you under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. Details of this licence are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.