CCA Bulletin 15/10 - Amending the Copyright Act: What’s in it for Artists?

Analysis

Yesterday, the Conservative government tabled for first reading in the House of Commons Bill C-32, an Act to modernize the Canadian Copyright Act. This much awaited piece of legislation has been the object of much speculation and concern from both sides of what has been, and will no doubt continue to be a hot public debate.

The document has 65 pages of references for changes to the current Act and the deciphering of this information has started in various offices across the country. Some amendable deficiencies have already been identified by both sides of the great divide between copyright holders and copyright users/consumers. C-32 is the most recent attempt – and the third one in five years - at bridging this divide for at least for five years. One of the most interesting aspects of C-32 is that it makes for a quinquennial mandatory revision of the Copyright Act.(more)

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