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<!-- MAIN CONT DIV START --><div class='legisHeader'><header><h1 id='wb-cont' class='HeadTitle'>Copyright Act&#x00A0;(<abbr title='Revised Statutes of Canada'>R.S.C.</abbr>, 1985, c. C-42)</h1><div id='printAll'><p id='FullDoc'>Full Document: &nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href='FullText.html'>HTML<span class='wb-invisible'>Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a>&nbsp;(Accessibility Buttons available) |&nbsp;</li><li><a href='/eng/XML/C-42.xml'>XML<span class='wb-invisible'>Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a> <span class='fileSize'>[702 KB]</span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</li> <li><a href='/PDF/C-42.pdf'>PDF<span class='wb-invisible'>Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a> <span class='fileSize'>[1252 KB]</span></li></ul></div><div class='info'><p id='assentedDate'>Act current to 2025-11-20 and <a href='#hist'>last amended</a> on 2024-11-07. <a href='PITIndex.html'>Previous Versions</a></p></div><div class='tocNotes'><span class='tocNoteLabel'>Notes :</span><ul><li>See coming into force provision and notes, where applicable.</li><li>Shaded provisions are not in force. <a href='/eng/FAQ/#g10'>Help</a></li></ul></div><div class='lineSeparator goldLineTop'></div><div class="miniSearch"><form role="search" id="miniSearchForm" class="form-inline" action="/Search/Search.aspx" method="get"><label for="txtS3archA11">Search within this Act:</label><input type="text" id="txtS3archA11" name="txtS3archA11"/><input type="hidden" id="txtT1tl3" name="txtT1tl3" value="&quot;Copyright Act&quot;"/><input type="hidden" id="h1ts0n1y" name="h1ts0n1y" value="0"/><input type="hidden" id="ddC0nt3ntTyp3" name="ddC0nt3ntTyp3" value="Acts" /><input type="submit" class="button-accent" value='Search' /></form></div><div class='lineSeparator goldLinePos'></div></header></div><div class='docContents'>
<h2 class="TocHeading">Table of Contents</h2>
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Copyright Act</a><ul class="TocIndent"><li><span class='sectionRange'>1 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-102546"><span class="HTitleText1">Short Title</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>2 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-102551"><span class="HTitleText1">Interpretation</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>3 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-102725"><span class="HLabel1">PART I</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Copyright and Moral Rights in Works</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>3 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-102726"><span class="HTitleText2">Copyright</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>5 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-102747"><span class="HTitleText2">Works in which Copyright may Subsist</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>6 - </span><a href="page-2.html#h-102776"><span class="HTitleText2">Term of Copyright</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>13 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-102834"><span class="HTitleText2">Ownership of Copyright</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>14.1 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-102861"><span class="HTitleText2">Moral Rights</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>15 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-102885"><span class="HLabel1">PART II</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Copyright in Performers Performances, Sound Recordings and Communication Signals and Moral Rights in Performers Performances</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>15 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-102886"><span class="HTitleText2">Performers Rights</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>15 - </span><a href="page-3.html#h-102887"><span class="HTitleText3">Copyright</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>17.1 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-102964"><span class="HTitleText3">Moral Rights</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>18 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-102988"><span class="HTitleText2">Rights of Sound Recording Makers</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>19 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-103025"><span class="HTitleText2">Provisions Applicable to both Performers and Sound Recording Makers</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>21 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103078"><span class="HTitleText2">Rights of Broadcasters</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>22 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103095"><span class="HTitleText2">Reciprocity</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>23 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103122"><span class="HTitleText2">Term of Rights</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>24 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103142"><span class="HTitleText2">Ownership of Copyright</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>26 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103154"><span class="HTitleText2">Performers Rights — WTO Countries</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>27 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103180"><span class="HLabel1">PART III</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights and Exceptions to Infringement</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>27 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103181"><span class="HTitleText2">Infringement of Copyright</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>27 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-103182"><span class="HTitleText3">General</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>27.1 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103226"><span class="HTitleText3">Parallel Importation of Books</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>28.1 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103250"><span class="HTitleText2">Moral Rights Infringement</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103269"><span class="HTitleText2">Exceptions</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>29 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103270"><span class="HTitleText3">Fair Dealing</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.21 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103295"><span class="HTitleText3">Non-commercial User-generated Content</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.22 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103309"><span class="HTitleText3">Reproduction for Private Purposes</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.23 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103326"><span class="HTitleText3">Fixing Signals and Recording Programs for Later Listening or Viewing</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.24 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103344"><span class="HTitleText3">Backup Copies</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.3 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103358"><span class="HTitleText3">Acts Undertaken without Motive of Gain</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>29.4 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-103366"><span class="HTitleText3">Educational Institutions</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.1 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-103529"><span class="HTitleText3">Libraries, Archives and Museums</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.3 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-103599"><span class="HTitleText3">Machines Installed in Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.4 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-103620"><span class="HTitleText3">Libraries, Archives and Museums in Educational Institutions</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.5 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-103625"><span class="HTitleText3">Library and Archives of Canada</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.6 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-103634"><span class="HTitleText3">Computer Programs</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.62 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103653"><span class="HTitleText3">Encryption Research</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.63 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103666"><span class="HTitleText3">Security</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.7 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103676"><span class="HTitleText3">Incidental Inclusion</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.71 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103683"><span class="HTitleText3">Temporary Reproductions for Technological Processes</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>30.8 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103691"><span class="HTitleText3">Ephemeral Recordings</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>31 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103750"><span class="HTitleText3">Retransmission</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>31.1 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-103770"><span class="HTitleText3">Network Services</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>32 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-103789"><span class="HTitleText3">Persons with Perceptual Disabilities</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>32.1 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-103853"><span class="HTitleText3">Statutory Obligations</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>32.2 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-103867"><span class="HTitleText3">Miscellaneous</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>32.3 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-103895"><span class="HTitleText2">Interpretation</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>32.4 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-103900"><span class="HTitleText2">Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright of Performers and Broadcasters</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>33 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-103929"><span class="HTitleText2">Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright or Moral Rights</span></a>
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</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>34 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-103951"><span class="HLabel1">PART IV</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Remedies</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>34 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-103952"><span class="HTitleText2">Civil Remedies</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>34 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-103953"><span class="HTitleText3">Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>41 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-104106"><span class="HTitleText3">Technological Protection Measures and Rights Management Information</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>41.23 - </span><a href="page-13.html#h-104265"><span class="HTitleText3">General Provisions</span></a>
</li></ul>
</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>41.25 - </span><a href="page-13.html#h-104284"><span class="HTitleText2">Provisions Respecting Providers of Network Services or Information Location Tools</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>42 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104349"><span class="HTitleText2">Criminal Remedies</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>43.1 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104389"><span class="HTitleText2">Limitation or Prescription Period</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>44 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104399"><span class="HTitleText2">Importation and Exportation</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>44 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104400"><span class="HTitleText3">Interpretation</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.01 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104411"><span class="HTitleText3">Prohibition and Detention by Customs Officer</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>44.01 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-104412"><span class="HTitleText4">Prohibition</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.02 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104424"><span class="HTitleText4">Request for Assistance</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.03 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104440"><span class="HTitleText4">Measures Relating to Detained Copies</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.08 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104497"><span class="HTitleText4">No Liability</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.09 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104505"><span class="HTitleText4">Powers of Court Relating to Detained Copies</span></a>
</li></ul>
</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>44.11 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104530"><span class="HTitleText3">Prohibition Resulting from Notice</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>44.12 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-104535"><span class="HTitleText3">Court-ordered Detention</span></a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>46 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-104612"><span class="HLabel1">PART V</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Administration</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>46 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-104613"><span class="HTitleText2">Copyright Office</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>54 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-104652"><span class="HTitleText2">Registration</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>59 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104733"><span class="HTitleText2">Fees</span></a>
</li></ul>
</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>60 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104740"><span class="HLabel1">PART VI</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Miscellaneous Provisions</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>60 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104741"><span class="HTitleText2">Substituted Right</span></a>
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<li><span class='sectionRange'>61 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104756"><span class="HTitleText2">Clerical Errors</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>62 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104761"><span class="HTitleText2">Regulations</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>63 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104774"><span class="HTitleText2">Industrial Designs and Topographies</span></a>
</li></ul>
</li><li><span class='sectionRange'>66 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-104829"><span class="HLabel1">PART VII</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Copyright Board</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>67 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-1121371"><span class="HLabel1">PART VII.1</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">Collective Administration of Copyright</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>67 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-104939"><span class="HTitleText2">Collective Societies</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>68 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-1121387"><span class="HTitleText2">Tariffs</span></a>
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<span class='sectionRange'>68 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-1121652"><span class="HTitleText3">Proposed Tariffs</span></a>
</li>
<li><span class='sectionRange'>69 - </span><a href="page-19.html#h-1121524"><span class="HTitleText3">Withdrawal or Amendment of Proposed Tariff</span></a>
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