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C-42)</h1><div id="printAll"><p id="FullDoc">Full Document:  </p><ul><li><a href="FullText.html">HTML<span class="wb-invisible">Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a> | </li><li><a href="/web/20130820214250/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/XML/C-42.xml">XML<span class="wb-invisible">Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a> <span class="fileSize">[628 KB]</span> | </li> <li><a href="/web/20130820214250/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-42.pdf">PDF<span class="wb-invisible">Full Document: Copyright Act</span></a> <span class="fileSize">[1221 KB]</span></li></ul></div><div class="info"><p id="assentedDate">Act current to 2013-08-12 and last amended on 2012-11-07. <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="/web/20130820214250/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/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="/web/20130820214250/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/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=""Copyright Act""/><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> <nav role="navigation"> <ul class="TocIndent"> <li><a title="Page 1" href="page-1.html"> Copyright Act</a><ul class="TocIndent"><li><span class="sectionRange">1 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-1"><span class="HTitleText1">SHORT TITLE</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">2 - </span><a href="page-1.html#h-2"><span class="HTitleText1">INTERPRETATION</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">3 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-3"><span class="HLabel1">PART I</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">COPYRIGHT AND MORAL RIGHTS IN WORKS</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">3 - </span><a href="page-4.html#h-4"><span class="HTitleText2">Copyright</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">5 - </span><a href="page-5.html#h-5"><span class="HTitleText2">Works in which Copyright may Subsist</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">6 - </span><a href="page-6.html#h-6"><span class="HTitleText2">Term of Copyright</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">13 - </span><a href="page-7.html#h-7"><span class="HTitleText2">Ownership of Copyright</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">14.1 - </span><a href="page-8.html#h-8"><span class="HTitleText2">Moral Rights</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class="sectionRange">15 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-9"><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> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">15 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-10"><span class="HTitleText2">Performers’ Rights</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">15 - </span><a href="page-9.html#h-11"><span class="HTitleText3">Copyright</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">17.1 - </span><a href="page-10.html#h-12"><span class="HTitleText3">Moral Rights</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class="sectionRange">18 - </span><a href="page-11.html#h-13"><span class="HTitleText2">Rights of Sound Recording Makers</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">19 - </span><a href="page-12.html#h-14"><span class="HTitleText2">Provisions Applicable to both Performers and Sound Recording Makers</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">21 - </span><a href="page-13.html#h-15"><span class="HTitleText2">Rights of Broadcasters</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">22 - </span><a href="page-13.html#h-16"><span class="HTitleText2">Reciprocity</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">23 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-17"><span class="HTitleText2">Term of Rights</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">24 - </span><a href="page-14.html#h-18"><span class="HTitleText2">Ownership of Copyright</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">26 - </span><a href="page-15.html#h-19"><span class="HTitleText2">Performers’ Rights — WTO Countries</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class="sectionRange">27 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-20"><span class="HLabel1">PART III</span> - <span class="HTitleText1">INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND MORAL RIGHTS AND EXCEPTIONS TO INFRINGEMENT</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">27 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-21"><span class="HTitleText2">Infringement of Copyright</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">27 - </span><a href="page-16.html#h-22"><span class="HTitleText3">General</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">27.1 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-23"><span class="HTitleText3">Parallel Importation of Books</span></a> </li></ul> </li><li><span class="sectionRange">28.1 - </span><a href="page-17.html#h-24"><span class="HTitleText2">Moral Rights Infringement</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-25"><span class="HTitleText2">Exceptions</span></a> <ul class="TocIndent"><li> <span class="sectionRange">29 - </span><a href="page-18.html#h-26"><span class="HTitleText3">Fair Dealing</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.21 - </span><a href="page-19.html#h-27"><span class="HTitleText3">Non-commercial User-generated Content</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.22 - </span><a href="page-19.html#h-28"><span class="HTitleText3">Reproduction for Private Purposes</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.23 - </span><a href="page-20.html#h-29"><span class="HTitleText3">Fixing Signals and Recording Programs for Later Listening or Viewing</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.24 - </span><a href="page-20.html#h-30"><span class="HTitleText3">Backup Copies</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.3 - </span><a href="page-21.html#h-31"><span class="HTitleText3">Acts Undertaken without Motive of Gain</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">29.4 - </span><a href="page-21.html#h-32"><span class="HTitleText3">Educational Institutions</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.1 - </span><a href="page-27.html#h-33"><span class="HTitleText3">Libraries, Archives and Museums</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.3 - </span><a href="page-28.html#h-34"><span class="HTitleText3">Machines Installed in Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.4 - </span><a href="page-29.html#h-35"><span class="HTitleText3">Libraries, Archives and Museums in Educational Institutions</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.5 - </span><a href="page-29.html#h-36"><span class="HTitleText3">Library and Archives of Canada</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.6 - </span><a href="page-29.html#h-37"><span class="HTitleText3">Computer Programs</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.62 - </span><a href="page-30.html#h-38"><span class="HTitleText3">Encryption Research</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.63 - </span><a href="page-30.html#h-39"><span class="HTitleText3">Security</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.7 - </span><a href="page-30.html#h-40"><span class="HTitleText3">Incidental Inclusion</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.71 - </span><a href="page-31.html#h-41"><span class="HTitleText3">Temporary Reproductions for Technological Processes</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">30.8 - </span><a href="page-31.html#h-42"><span class="HTitleText3">Ephemeral Recordings</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">31 - </span><a href="page-32.html#h-43"><span class="HTitleText3">Retransmission</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">31.1 - </span><a href="page-33.html#h-44"><span class="HTitleText3">Network Services</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">32 - </span><a href="page-33.html#h-45"><span class="HTitleText3">Persons with Perceptual Disabilities</span></a> </li> <li><span class="sectionRange">32.1 - </span><a href="page-35.html#h-46"><span class="HTitleText3">Statutory Obligations</span></a> </li> <li><span 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