North America: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Canadian taxpayers, including content creators, influencers, and digital entrepreneurs, who earn income from digital marketing activities—including online advertising through platforms such as Google AdSense, promotional services linked to NFT projects, and sponsorship arrangements with offshore entities—often assume that this income is not subject to GST/HST or is automatically zero-rated because it involves non-Canadian counterparties.

A recent NAD decision examines advertising claims made by dog food companies, scrutinizing everything from ingredient imagery and health superiority claims to pricing comparisons and country-of-origin labeling.

In this episode, we unpack a recent NAD decision involving Dorel Juvenile Group’s AI-powered CryAssist technology and the growing scrutiny around how companies market AI-enabled features...

Le 25 mars 2026, la Cour suprême des États-Unis a rendu sa décision dans Cox Communications, Inc. et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment et al., 607 U.S. ------- S.Ct. ----2026 WL 815823 limitant les circonstances dans lesquelles les fournisseurs de services Internet (FSI) peuvent être tenus responsables des violations du droit d'auteur commises par les utilisateurs de leurs services.

In a lawsuit filed by music publishers against Anthropic PBC for its unlicensed exploitation of their copyrighted lyrics in its generative artificial intelligence platform, “Claude,” Pryor Cashman...

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina delivered two unforgettable weeks of historic performances, and figure skating once again proved it is one of the event's crown jewels.

FinCEN's April 2026 proposal introduces sweeping changes to casino Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism programs, requiring explicit risk-assessment processes, board-level governance approval, and a U.S.-based compliance officer.

The recent surge in interest in prediction markets has attracted the expected regulatory attention from securities and commodity futures regulators in Canada.

The gaming industry is rapidly adopting AI systems across operations, from fraud detection to demand forecasting, but governance frameworks have failed to keep pace with implementation. With regulators expressing low confidence in their ability to oversee AI in gaming and only 20% of companies establishing dedicated governance roles despite 80% using generative AI, a critical gap threatens the industry's regulatory compliance and market integrity.

As ransomware threats intensify across Canada's energy sector and beyond, organizations face mounting pressure to protect their IT and OT systems from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.

AI agents are revolutionizing online commerce by autonomously searching, selecting, and purchasing goods on behalf of consumers. While retailers can control their own AI shopping bots...

Last year, NAD released its Influencer Trust Index: Consumer Insights 2025. Although the data showed high consumer engagement with influencers...