Craig Parks

C. CRAIG PARKS, B.A. (Honours), LL.B.

LAW PRACTICE:

Since 1990: Sole practitioner, specializing in copyright, music and entertainment law

Past and present clients include:

- institutional: the Copyright Board of Canada, CIRPA
- funding organizations: FACTOR, Independent Production Fund, COGECO, Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund
- record companies: Narada, MRP, NorthSound, Holborne
- music publishers: PolyGram Music Publishing, Warner-Chappell Music
- various recording artists, songwriters and managers
- various live musical presenters
- Internet-delivered music service providers: Musicab, Musicrypt

September 1989 to October 1990
Senior Counsel to the Copyright Board

September 1985 to August 1989
Associate in an entertainment law group at Lilly, Goldman and then at Minden, Gross

October 1979 to August 1985
In-house counsel at Performing Rights Organization of Canada Limited (PROCAN), now SOCAN

June 1978 to September 1979
In-house counsel at Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Limited (CMRRA)/Canadian Music Publishers Association

MEDIATION:

Graduate of the Mediation Academy (June 2001). Under the auspices of the Canadian Copyright Board, acted as mediator with respect to the text of the Educational Broadcast Program Information Regulations and the Educational Rights Collective of Canada's first tariff.

TRANSLATION:

Certified Translator (French to English) accredited by the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario. Translated hundreds of legal documents from French into English.