Canadian Copyright Law

This text is intended to provide a overview of the core areas in Canadian Copyright law. Contents Introduction Sources of Copyright Copyright Act International Treaties Subsistence of Copyright Originality Fixation Exclusion Classification Literary Dramatic Musical Artistic Compilations Protection of Economic Rights Produce and Reproduce Performance in Public Communication to Public Authorizing Exemptions and Defences Fair Dealing Common Carrier Moral Rights Further Reading Copyright Act Roger T. Hughes, Hughes on Copyright and Industrial Design (Toronto: Butterworths) [looseleaf]. Normand Tamaro, Annotated Copyright Act (Toronto: Carswell, [annual]). David Vaver, Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trademarks (Concord, Ont: Irwin Law, 1997). See also Canadian Trade-mark Law Canadian Patent Law Intellectual property law C 25%