Copyright Policy
Canadian law protects all original creative works, provided the conditions in the Copyright Act have been met. The Act prohibits others from copying work without permission. The purpose is to protect copyright owners while promoting creativity and the orderly exchange of ideas.
November 5, 2024
In general, copyright means the sole right to produce or reproduce a work or a substantial part of it in any form. It includes the right to perform any significant portion of the work or, in the case of a lecture, to deliver it. If the work is unpublished, copyright includes the right to publish it or any substantial part.
WHAT COPYRIGHT PROTECTS?
Copyright applies to all original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works provided the conditions set out in the Copyright Act have been met. Each of these general categories covers a wide range of creations, including: literary works such as books, pamphlets, computer programs and other works consisting of text dramatic works such as motion picture films, plays, screenplays and scripts musical works, such as compositions with or without words artistic works such as paintings, drawings, maps, photographs, sculptures, and plans.
Copyright also applies to other subject matter consisting of: Performers' performances, meaning any of the following: The performance of an artistic, dramatic, or musical work, depending on whether the work was previously recorded, and the work's term of copyright protection has expired.
A recitation or reading of a literary work, whether the work's term of copyright protection has expired Improvisation of a dramatic, musical, or literary work, whether the improvised work is based on a pre-existing work.
Sound recordings consist of sounds, whether a performance of a work, but excludes any soundtrack of a cinematographic work where it accompanies the cinematographic work. Communication signals, meaning radio waves transmitted through space without any artificial guide, for reception by the public.
Contact Information
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Phone: (587) 321-5885
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