The Canadian Copyright Act states that fair dealing (as it is called in Canada) for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright.
The Canadian Parliament amended
the Canadian Copyright Act in 1988 to expressly include computer software programs in the definition of literary work, which clearly confirmed that software is entitled to copyright protection.
· under
the Canadian Copyright Act, creative works are protected for a term generally measured by the life of the creator plus 50 years
On 13 December 2017, the Canadian government launched its mandatory review of
the Canadian Copyright Act.
It also has a microsite on the Copyright Modernization Act (the most recent amendments to
the Canadian Copyright Act.)
Under
the Canadian Copyright Act, photographs are protected in the same manner as other artistic works (such as sculptures, paintings, sketches.)
The Canadian Copyright Act and Copyright Regulations are primary sources for Canadian copyright law.
The Canadian Copyright Act provides the general rule for the length of copyright protection for published works as:
There is an exception in
the Canadian Copyright Act for individuals for the use of noncommercial user - generated content, which is sometimes called the YouTube or mashup provision.
Fair use and fair dealing are exactly the same thing and both exist in
the Canadian Copyright Act.
the Canadian Copyright Act «does not give the author a monopoly over ideas or elements from the public domain, which all are free to draw upon for their own works.»
According to
Canadian Copyright Act, copyright subsists in «every original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work», which includes «every original production in the literary, scientific or artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression, such as compilations, books, pamphlets and other writings, lectures, dramatic or dramatico - musical works, musical works, translations, illustrations, sketches and plastic works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science.»
According to
Canadian Copyright Act, it is the person who actually created the work that is the author of the work.
At such time, CSI will then apply, on behalf of the label, for a licence from the Copyright Board of Canada under Section 77 of
the Canadian Copyright Act.
In 2012,
the Canadian Copyright Act was amended to include provisions that prohibited circumventing TPMs and trafficking in circumvention devices in recognition of the importance of TPMs to protect copyrighted works, particularly in the video game industry.
Alas,
the Canadian Copyright Act expressly provides for protection of architectural plans and works and an entry in the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest cites Hay v Saunders (1958), 30 CPR 81 (Ont HC) as authority for the notion that «An architect may have a copyright in the building plans as a literary work and in the design of the building as an artistic work when it is erected.»
This is the 4th attempt at amending the 1924
Canadian Copyright Act in order to address newer ways in which we all create, distribute and use copyright - protected works, and in order for Canada to be able to join the two digital WIPO... [more]
What
the Canadian Copyright Act offers in legalese, the Statute of Anne 1710, generally regarded as the first copyright act in the English - speaking world, affords in eloquence, beginning with its subtitle, «An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies.»
The leading copyright convention, the Berne Convention (www.wipo.org) requires a minimum copyright protection of life - plus - 50 — the duration that currently exists in
the Canadian Copyright Act.
The Crews paper contains one brief analysis which shows the lack of clarity in how
the Canadian Copyright Act might apply to a university digitizing photographic slide collections.
Not exact matches
Last spring's federal budget, under the heading «Canada's Digital Future,» promised reviews of the key laws covering the entertainment and information industries — the Broadcasting
Act, Telecommunications
Act and
Copyright Act — all with a focus on «the role of
Canadian content in an increasingly digital world.»
Written submissions are now being solicited from all
Canadians on the
Copyright Act, as the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (Committee) conducts its mandatory five - year review of the statute.
Tierney says he will be seeking city council's endorsement for a motion requesting that the Department of
Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada investigate the publishing industry's practices during an upcoming review of the
Copyright Act.
Glenn Rollans and Kate Edwards of the Association of
Canadian Publishers, along with John Degen of the Writers» Union, testify in hearings on the
Copyright Modernization
Act.
We will also implement changes to the
Copyright Act to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, allowing the one million
Canadians with visual impairments greater access to adapted books and other printed material.
Case Study: Interpretation and Uncertainty in
Canadian Law Section 30.1 of the
Copyright Act of Canada permits libraries to make copies of works under various circumstances for purposes of preserving or maintaining library collections.
Social media depends on digital technology, and the
Canadian government has begun a review of Canada's
Copyright Act with a view to keep the copyright framework current in light of digital te
Copyright Act with a view to keep the
copyright framework current in light of digital te
copyright framework current in light of digital technology.
Written submissions are now being solicited from all
Canadians on Canada's
Copyright Act, as the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology («Committee») conducts its mandatory five - year review of the statute.
On July 12, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling on Alberta (Education) v.
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access
Copyright) that, on the surface at least, appears to be a game - changer for the educational contribution of «fair dealing» in Canada's
Copyright Act.
It has always struck me as one of the great ironies of
Canadian copyright law that the one clear allowance made for education in the Copyright Act is «reproduction for examination,» as if that was the very best setting in which to encounter great writing that one would seek to experience again a
copyright law that the one clear allowance made for education in the
Copyright Act is «reproduction for examination,» as if that was the very best setting in which to encounter great writing that one would seek to experience again a
Copyright Act is «reproduction for examination,» as if that was the very best setting in which to encounter great writing that one would seek to experience again and again.
Would anyone be surprised if the next Criminal Code amendment, citing incredible damage to
Canadian artists and intellectual property, created a new mandatory minimum jail sentence for
Copyright Act violations?
The Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (l'ASTED) has released an August 4, 2005, French - language PDF news release criticizing the
Canadian federal government's approach to Bill C - 60 dealing with
Copyright Act amendments (an English news release is apparently pending).
As an update to my posting of 19 September 2011, the
Canadian government introduced on 29 September 2011, Bill C - 11, An
Act to Amend the
Copyright Act.
Lindsay's
copyright and trademark disputes practice includes
acting for a multinational corporation in its
Canadian copyright litigation.
The recent decision of Nintendo of America Inc. v. King marks the first time a
Canadian court has provided comprehensive guidance on the
Copyright Act's prohibition on the circumvention of TPMs and confirms the willingness of
Canadian courts to significantly punish organization and individuals that attempt to circumvent TPMs used to protect valuable intellectual property rights.
Bill C - 32, introduced today into the
Canadian House of Commons, is being called the
Copyright Modernization
Act.
Campbell decisively disagreed, finding that the TPM provisions of the
Canadian act are broader than its U.K. equivalent, the Copyright, Designs and Patents A
act are broader than its U.K. equivalent, the
Copyright, Designs and Patents
ActAct.
The
Canadian Government announced today that it is amending the
Copyright Act to extend the term of protection for performers and makers of sound recordings from its current term of 50 years to 70 years.
On December 13th, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, in conjunction with the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
Canadian Heritage, launched the mandated review of the
Copyright Act to be conducted by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
This important review heralds a critical opportunity to re-examine the role that
copyright plays for both creators and users and address the Value Gap caused by 2012 amendments to the
Act to ensure continued access to outstanding
Canadian content for our classrooms.
While balance between user and right ‑ holder interests and technological neutrality are important principles under
Canadian copyright law, they are interpretive principles which do not trump, and can not change, the express terms of the
Act.
Canadians are being told that Bill C - 11, an
act to amend Canada's outdated
copyright law, could be used to shut down popular web sites like YouTube, fundamentally change the Internet, sabotage online freedoms, and hog - tie innovators.
Last month the
Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA - FCAB) issued a position statement on the treatment of indigenous knowledge in Canada's
Copyright Act.
OTTAWA, June 11, 2008 — The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of
Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, and Minister for La Francophonie, will deliver brief statements and answer media inquiries shortly after the tabling of a bill to amend the
Copyright Act.
Canadian copyright law was amended in 2012 by the Copyright Modernization Act to include a «notice and notice «system, by which the host must pass on to its subscriber a notice of infringement received from a copyright owner — but no other action is
copyright law was amended in 2012 by the
Copyright Modernization Act to include a «notice and notice «system, by which the host must pass on to its subscriber a notice of infringement received from a copyright owner — but no other action is
Copyright Modernization
Act to include a «notice and notice «system, by which the host must pass on to its subscriber a notice of infringement received from a
copyright owner — but no other action is
copyright owner — but no other action is required.