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HISTORY

The Act was first enacted in 1921 and much of the text was taken from the British Copyright Act of 1911.


BILL C-60

In 2005 the government introduced bill C-60 {Link without Title} to amend the Copyright Act. Among the major changes proposed to the Act include:
  • The removal of the photographer exception allowing them to gain de facto authorship to anything they photograph.

  • Extends moral rights to performers of other people's works.

  • Allows for infringement of copyright by circumventing rights management schemes when it is for the purpose of violating another right.



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