Bill C-244 is currently in 2nd reading. RBS will provide updates should the amendments reach Royal Assent. This enactment amends the Copyright Act in order to allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure in a computer program if the circumvention is solely for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of a product…

Bill C-19 has received Royal Assent and is currently in-force. This amendment extends the copyright term to a period of 70 years after the death of the author. In cases of joint authorship, the copyright period subsists during the life of the author who dies last and for a period of 70 years following their…

Summary by the Copyright Board of the December 6, 2019 Post-Secondary Educational Institutions 2011-2014 and 2015-2017 Tariff Decision

Statements of Royalties of the Copyright Board re Post-Secondary Educational Institutions Tariffs 2011-2014 and 2015-2017

Decision of the Copyright Board re Post-Secondary Educational Institutions Tariffs 2011-2014 and 2015-2017

Draft Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff 2015-2017 posted by the Copyright Board on February 6, 2019

Draft Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff 2011-2014 posted by the Copyright Board on February 6, 2019

Comments on the potential implications for universities of the draft Access Copyright 2011-2014 and 2015-2017 Tariffs, posted by the Copyright Board on Feburary 6, 2019

Is there any legal basis to a microfilming company claiming to have copyright in the microfilm copy of a newspaper, when they did not receive any assignments of copyright (whether from the newspaper publisher or from any individual authors of articles, if applicable)? What about material that has been microfilmed from works that are in…

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