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Canadian Copyright Law Resources

Below are some primary resources on Canadian copyright law. No opinions (other than judicial ones); just the law to get you started in understanding Canadian Copyright Law. Canadian Copyright Act The current Canadian Copyright Act Copyright Regulations Canadian Government Heritage Canada has …

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Food Bloggers of Canada Conference

#FBC2013 Food Bloggers of Canada + Copyright

So what do copyright lawyers do on weekends? (This is not the beginning of a joke.) I spent the past weekend at a food blogger’s conference. Was I

Copyright Modernization Act

Syllabus for eTutorial: Canadian Copyright Law

Scroll down to register. Canadian Copyright Law (CCL) is a 16 e-lesson eTutorial course which is a primer/refresher on Canadian copyright law. Includes information on November 2012 amendments and

Orphan Works in Canada: Unlocatable Copyright Owners

Unlike the U.S. and many other countries, Canada has a mechanism in its Copyright Act to help obtain permission to use content in which the copyright owner is

Canadian Copyright Laws – Consolidated Copyright Act

A consolidation of the Canadian Copyright Act that includes the provisions from the Copyright Modernization Act (CMA) has been made by the Department of Justice and is available

November 2012, LEH-Letter: Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News

The November 2012 issue of the LEH-Letter: Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News is now available. See previous 2012

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Copyright Modernization Act = New Canadian Copyright Laws

On 7 November 2012, amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act came into force. The amendments are in Bill C-11, the Canadian Modernization Act (CMA.) The amendments amend the

Canadian Copyright Laws being amended by Bill C-11 – Latest News

7 November 2012: Today is an important day for Canadian Copyright Law. Many of the provisions in Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act (CMA), were proclaimed this morning and

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Summer of 2012 & Canadian Copyright Law

The summer of 2012 was an important time for Canadian copyright law: On June 29, 2012, the Copyright Modernization Act received Royal Assent, and after 15 years and many

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10 Myths About Canadian Copyright Law

Does fair use exist in Canada?  Do you have to register a work to be protected by Canadian copyright law?  Does Canada belong to the international treaties on

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