Hot off the press, and the darling of Canadian IT/IP legal bloggers and general media, is the dissection of the latest attempt to update Canada's copyright legislation - Bill C-32 Copyright Modernization Act.
General consensus is that it fixed some of the bigger problems with the last two failed attempts to bring Canadian copyright legislation into compliance with its international legal commitments. However there are still a number of sore spots that irk copyright specialists and the proponents of looser copyright laws, particularly surrounding digital rights management. Richard and I will talk to specifics in future posts.
In the meantime, another more pressing question: will the Government get it passed this time, or will we face another election before final reading?....
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