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Article: Amendments To The Copyright Act.(World Intellectual Property Organization)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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The Conservative Government introduced important new amendments to Canada's Copyright Act on June 12 which are designed to update the law to reflect the development of digital technologies, in particular the internet. The amendments proposed in Bill C-61, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act, if passed, would put Canada in a position to ratify two treaties that were negotiated at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996.
The bill proposes amendments which will:
Provide protection for the "digital locks" or technological protection measures that record companies, movie studios, software companies and other content distributors use ...