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Computer programs were included as works protected under copyright, the extent of moral rights was clarified, the provision for a compulsory licence for the reproduction of musical works was removed, new licensing arrangements were established for orphan works in cases where the copyright owner could not be identified, and rules were enacted on ...
It is unclear to what extent British copyright law, or imperial law, starting with the 1709 Statute of Anne, applied to its colonies (including Canada), [1] but the House of Lords had ruled in 1774, in Donaldson v Beckett, that copyright was a creation of statute and could be limited in its duration.
The exclusion of the work authored by freelancers from the rule in section 13(3) is not so much an exception from the rule as an application of the rule, because freelancers are not deemed to be employees under contracts of service.
Under the Constitution Act, 1867, patent and copyright law are the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Government of Canada. [1] While trademarks and industrial design are not specifically mentioned by the Constitution Act, the federal government has enacted legislation governing both.
National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), [19] the Federal Court of Canada rejected the defendant's assertion that utilizing the copyright of the plaintiff on a pamphlet criticising the labour practices of the plaintiff in a labour dispute could qualify as fair dealing, because the ...
Fixation in Canadian copyright law is a threshold consideration that must be used in copyright infringement cases by courts to determine if copyright actually exists. In Canada , a work "must be expressed to some extent at least in some material form, capable of identification and having a more or less permanent endurance" [ 1 ] to be subject ...
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
The Supreme Court of Canada defines and discusses the definition of "authorization" in a 2004 case, CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada. [5] In this case, the LSUC, which maintains and operates the Great Library at Osgoode Hall, engaged in two relevant behaviours. It made photocopies of CCH's copyrighted law reports for library members