Bill C-205
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SUMMARY |
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This bill amends the Criminal Code to include in the definition of
``proceeds of crime'' any profit or benefit gained by a person convicted
of an indictable offence or his family from the creation of a work based
on the offence. This amendment extends to such profits or benefits in
the existing provisions of the Criminal Code respecting search for and
seizure and detention of proceeds of crime.
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It provides that a sentence for an indictable offence is deemed to
include an order that any work based on the offence is subject to a new
section in the Copyright Act. The bill amends the Copyright Act to
provide that in such a work the copyright that would otherwise belong
to the convicted person becomes and remains the property of the
Crown, even after the payment of any fine or service of any period of
imprisonment imposed.
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The bill does not prevent any person from creating or publishing
such a work and affects only the profit or benefit that accrues to the
convicted person or his family.
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