Sunday, 28 August 2011

Canadian Copyright Act

  1. Copyright Act
  2. 1 - SHORT TITLE
  3. 2 - INTERPRETATION
  4. 3 - PART I COPYRIGHT AND MORAL RIGHTS IN WORKS
  5. 3 - Copyright
  6. 5 - Works in which Copyright may Subsist
  7. 6 - Term of Copyright
  8. 13 - Ownership of Copyright
  9. 14.1 - Moral Rights
  10. 15 - PART II COPYRIGHT IN PERFORMER’S PERFORMANCES, SOUND RECORDINGS AND COMMUNICATION SIGNALS
  11. 15 - Performers’ Rights
  12. 18 - Rights of Sound Recording Makers
  13. 19 - Provisions Applicable to both Performers and Sound Recording Makers
  14. 21 - Rights of Broadcasters
  15. 22 - Reciprocity
  16. 23 - Term of Rights
  17. 24 - Ownership of Copyright
  18. 26 - Performers’ Rights — WTO Countries
  19. 27 - PART III INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND MORAL RIGHTS AND EXCEPTIONS TO INFRINGEMENT
  20. 27 - Infringement of Copyright
  21. 27 - General
  22. 27.1 - Parallel Importation of Books
  23. 28.1 - Moral Rights Infringement
  24. 29 - Exceptions
  25. 29 - Fair Dealing
  26. 29.3 - Acts Undertaken without Motive of Gain
  27. 29.4 - Educational Institutions
  28. 30.1 - Libraries, Archives and Museums
  29. 30.3 - Machines Installed in Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums
  30. 30.4 - Libraries, Archives and Museums in Educational Institutions
  31. 30.5 - Library and Archives of Canada
  32. 30.6 - Computer Programs
  33. 30.7 - Incidental Inclusion
  34. 30.8 - Ephemeral Recordings
  35. 31 - Retransmission
  36. 32 - Persons with Perceptual Disabilities
  37. 32.1 - Statutory Obligations
  38. 32.2 - Miscellaneous
  39. 32.3 - Interpretation
  40. 32.4 - Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright of Performers and Broadcasters
  41. 33 - Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright or Moral Rights
  42. 34 - PART IV REMEDIES
  43. 34 - Civil Remedies
  44. 42 - Criminal Remedies
  45. 44 - Importation
  46. 46 - PART V ADMINISTRATION
  47. 46 - Copyright Office
  48. 54 - Registration
  49. 59 - Fees
  50. 60 - PART VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  51. 60 - Substituted Right
  52. 61 - Clerical Errors
  53. 62 - Regulations
  54. 63 - Industrial Designs and Topographies
  55. 66 - PART VII COPYRIGHT BOARD AND COLLECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT
  56. 66 - Copyright Board
  57. 67 - Collective Administration of Performing Rights and of Communication Rights
  58. 69 - Public Performances in Places Other Than Theatres
  59. 70.1 - Collective Administration in Relation to Rights under Sections 3, 15, 18 and 21
  60. 70.1 - Collective Societies
  61. 70.13 - Tariffs
  62. 70.2 - Fixing of Royalties in Individual Cases
  63. 70.5 - Examination of Agreements
  64. 71 - Royalties in Particular Cases
  65. 77 - Owners Who Cannot be Located
  66. 78 - Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright or Moral Rights
  67. 79 - PART VIII PRIVATE COPYING
  68. 79 - Interpretation
  69. 80 - Copying for Private Use
  70. 81 - Right of Remuneration
  71. 82 - Levy on Blank Audio Recording Media
  72. 84 - Distribution of Levies Paid
  73. 86 - Exemption from Levy
  74. 87 - Regulations
  75. 88 - Civil Remedies
  76. 89 - PART IX GENERAL PROVISIONS
  77. SCHEDULE I - EXISTING RIGHTS
  78. SCHEDULE II
  79. SCHEDULE III

Related Information

  1. Related Provisions
  2. Amendments Not In Force

Regulations made under this Act

  1. Book Importation Regulations (SOR/99-324)
  2. Certification of Countries Granting Equal Copyright Protection Notice (C.R.C., c. 421)
  3. Cinematographic Works (Right to Remuneration) Regulations (SOR/99-194)
  4. Copyright Regulations (SOR/97-457)
  5. Definition of “Small Cable Transmission System” Regulations (SOR/94-755)
  6. Definition of “Wireless Transmission System” Regulations (SOR/98-307)
  7. Definition of Small Retransmission Systems Regulations (SOR/89-255)
  8. Educational Program, Work and Other Subject-matter Record-keeping Regulations (SOR/2001-296)
  9. Exceptions for Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums Regulations (SOR/99-325)
  10. Limitation of the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome Convention Countries Statement (SOR/99-143)
  11. Local Signal and Distant Signal Regulations (SOR/89-254)
  12. Programming Undertaking Regulations (SOR/93-436)
  13. Regulations Defining “Advertising Revenues” (SOR/98-447)
  14. Regulations Establishing the Period Within Which Owners of Copyright not Represented by Collective Societies Can Claim Retransmission Royalties (SOR/97-164)
  15. Regulations Prescribing Networks (Copyright Act) (SOR/99-348)