This course covers several common contracts in the entertainment industry, for example, artists’ contracts, music producers’ contracts, publishing, and booking agreements.The bulk of the course delves deeper into the law of copyright. The general terms, rights and provisions of The Copyright Act that are relevant to the entertainment industry are interpreted and applied to the workplace.The following areas are further analysed: Ownership of intellectual property, the basic rights provided for by the Copyright Act, terminology, territory, additional clauses of the Copyright Act, determining infringement, licensing and Assignment, international treaties, royalty collection agencies, licenses and Deeds of Assignment, several domestic and international case studies are presented.