RE: Canadian Copyright Bill Tabled Today---
On Monday, June 20, 2005, the Government of Canada introduced a bill to amend the Canadian Copyright Act. This is the first major amendment to the Canadian Act since 1997 ˆ and since many digital copyright issues have arisen. The bill deals with the following issues:
- Amendments bringing the Canadian Act up to the minimum standards in the two WIPO digital treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
- Internet Service Provider Liability
- Educational and Research Access Issues
- Photography Issues
Educational use of Internet material was not addressed in the bill and will be part of a new public consultation process. The Government will continue to work on its medium-term copyright revision issues.
As of Monday at 4:30, the bill is not available in an electronic form. A press release and backgrounder on the bill is at: http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/261ce500dfcd7259852564820068dc6d/85256a5d006b9720852570260064a852!OpenDocument.
Best regards,
Lesley Ellen Harris
les...@copyrightlaws.com
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