Communica- tion to the public by telecommu- nication
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2.4 (1) For the purposes of communication
to the public by telecommunication,
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Regulations
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(2) The Governor in Council may make
regulations defining ``programming under
taking'' for the purpose of paragraph (1)(c).
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Exception
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(3) A work is not communicated in the
manner described in paragraph (1)(c) or
3(1)(f) where a signal carrying the work is
retransmitted to a person who is a retransmit
ter to whom section 31 applies.
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What
constitutes
rental
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2.5 (1) For the purposes of paragraphs
3(1)(h) and (i), 15(1)(c) and 18(1)(c), an
arrangement, whatever its form, constitutes a
rental of a computer program or sound
recording if, and only if,
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Motive of
gain
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(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a
person who rents out a computer program or
sound recording with the intention of recover
ing no more than the costs, including over
head, associated with the rental operations
does not by that act alone have a motive of
gain in relation to the rental operations.
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Exclusive
distributor
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2.6 The Governor in Council may make
regulations establishing distribution criteria
for the purpose of paragraph (b) of the
definition ``exclusive distributor'' in section
2.
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Exclusive
licence
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2.7 For the purposes of this Act, an
exclusive licence is an authorization to do any
act that is subject to copyright to the exclusion
of all others including the copyright owner,
whether the authorization is granted by the
owner or an exclusive licensee claiming under
the owner .
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PART I |
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COPYRIGHT AND MORAL RIGHTS IN WORKS |
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3. (1) The portion of subsection 3(1) of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Copyright in
works
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3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, ``copy
right'', in relation to a work, means the sole
right to produce or reproduce the work or any
substantial part thereof in any material form
whatever, to perform the work or any substan
tial part thereof in public or, if the work is
unpublished, to publish the work or any
substantial part thereof, and includes the sole
right
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1993, c. 44,
s. 55(1)
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(2) Paragraphs 3(1)(d) and (e) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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(3) Subsection 3(1) of the Act is amended
by striking out the word ``and'' at the end of
paragraph (g), by adding the word ``and'' at
the end of paragraph (h) and by adding the
following after paragraph (h):
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1988, c. 65,
s. 62(2);
1993, c. 23,
s. 2, c. 44,
s. 55(3)
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(4) Subsections 3(1.2) to (4) of the Act are
repealed.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 56
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4. Section 4 of the Act is repealed.
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1994, c. 47,
s. 57(1)
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5. (1) Paragraphs 5(1)(a) to (c) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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1994, c. 47,
s. 57(1)
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(2) Subsection 5(1.1) of the Act is re
placed by the following:
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Application of
subsections
(1.01) and
(1.02)
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(1.03) Subsections (1.01) and (1.02) apply,
and are deemed to have applied, regardless of
whether the country in question became a
Berne Convention country or a WTO Member
before or after the coming into force of those
subsections.
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First
publication
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(1.1) The first publication described in
subparagraph (1)(c)(i) or (ii) is deemed to
have occurred in a treaty country notwith
standing that it in fact occurred previously
elsewhere, if the interval between those two
publications did not exceed thirty days.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 57(2)
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(3) Subsections 5(3) to (6) of the Act are
repealed.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 58
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6. Section 7 of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Term of
copyright in
posthumous
works
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7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), in the case
of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an
engraving, in which copyright subsists at the
date of the death of the author or, in the case
of a work of joint authorship, at or immediate
ly before the date of the death of the author
who dies last, but which has not been pub
lished or, in the case of a lecture or a dramatic
or musical work, been performed in public or
communicated to the public by telecommu
nication, before that date, copyright shall
subsist until publication, or performance in
public or communication to the public by
telecommunication, whichever may first hap
pen, for the remainder of the calendar year of
the publication or of the performance in public
or communication to the public by telecom
munication, as the case may be, and for a
period of fifty years following the end of that
calendar year.
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Application of
subsection (1)
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(2) Subsection (1) applies only where the
work in question was published or performed
in public or communicated to the public by
telecommunication, as the case may be,
before the coming into force of this section.
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Transitional
provision
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(3) Where
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copyright shall subsist in the work for the re
mainder of the calendar year in which this sec
tion comes into force and for a period of fifty
years following the end of that calendar year,
whether or not the work is published or per
formed in public or communicated to the pub
lic by telecommunication after the coming
into force of this section.
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Transitional
provision
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(4) Where
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copyright shall subsist in the work for the re
mainder of the calendar year in which this sec
tion comes into force and for a period of five
years following the end of that calendar year,
whether or not the work is published or per
formed in public or communicated to the pub
lic by telecommunication after the coming
into force of this section.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 60(1)
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7. Section 10 of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Term of
copyright in
photographs
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10. (1) Where the owner referred to in
subsection (2) is a corporation, the term for
which copyright subsists in a photograph shall
be the remainder of the year of the making of
the initial negative or plate from which the
photograph was derived or, if there is no
negative or plate, of the initial photograph,
plus a period of fifty years.
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Where author
majority
shareholder
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(1.1) Where the owner is a corporation, the
majority of the voting shares of which are
owned by a natural person who would have
qualified as the author of the photograph
except for subsection (2), the term of copy
right is the term set out in section 6.
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Author of
photograph
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(2) The person who
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is deemed to be the author of the photograph
and, where that owner is a body corporate, the
body corporate is deemed for the purposes of
this Act to be ordinarily resident in a treaty
country if it has established a place of business
therein.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 60(1)
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8. Section 11 of the Act is repealed.
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1993, c. 44,
s. 60(1)
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9. (1) The portion of section 11.1 of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Cinemato- graphic works
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11.1 Except for cinematographic works in
which the arrangement or acting form or the
combination of incidents represented give the
work a dramatic character, copyright in a
cinematographic work or a compilation of
cinematographic works shall subsist
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1993, c. 44,
s. 60(1)
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(2) Paragraphs 11.1(a) and (b) of the
English version of the Act are replaced by
the following:
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10. (1) Subsection 13(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Engraving,
photograph or
portrait
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(2) Where, in the case of an engraving,
photograph or portrait, the plate or other
original was ordered by some other person and
was made for valuable consideration, and the
consideration was paid, in pursuance of that
order, in the absence of any agreement to the
contrary, the person by whom the plate or
other original was ordered shall be the first
owner of the copyright.
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(2) Subsection 13(4) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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Assignments
and licences
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(4) The owner of the copyright in any work
may assign the right, either wholly or partially,
and either generally or subject to limitations
relating to territory, medium or sector of the
market or other limitations relating to the
scope of the assignment, and either for the
whole term of the copyright or for any other
part thereof, and may grant any interest in the
right by licence, but no assignment or grant is
valid unless it is in writing signed by the owner
of the right in respect of which the assignment
or grant is made, or by the owner's duly
authorized agent.
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Ownership in
case of partial
assignment
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(5) Where, under any partial assignment of
copyright, the assignee becomes entitled to
any right comprised in copyright, the assign
ee, with respect to the rights so assigned, and
the assignor, with respect to the rights not
assigned, shall be treated for the purposes of
this Act as the owner of the copyright, and this
Act has effect accordingly.
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Assignment of
right of action
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(6) For greater certainty, it is deemed
always to have been the law that a right of
action for infringement of copyright may be
assigned in association with the assignment of
the copyright or the grant of an interest in the
copyright by licence.
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Exclusive
licence
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(7) For greater certainty, it is deemed
always to have been the law that a grant of an
exclusive licence in a copyright constitutes
the grant of an interest in the copyright by
licence.
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11. Subsection 14(3) of the Act is re
pealed.
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1994, c. 47,
s. 58
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12. Section 14.01 of the Act and the
heading before it are repealed.
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13. Section 14.2 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (2):
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Subsequent
succession
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(3) Subsection (2) applies, with such modi
fications as the circumstances require, on the
death of any person who holds moral rights.
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14. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 14.2:
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