The Government of Canada has changed the Copyright Act several times since the Copyright Act was enacted in 1985.

2 – Interpretation: Definitions of terms in the Copyright Act	Summary	Cases
3 – PART I – Copyright and Moral Rights in Works 3 – Copyright 5 – Works in which Copyright may Subsist 6 – Term of Copyright 13 – Ownership of Copyright 14.1 – Moral Rights
15 – PART II – Copyright in Performers’ Performances, Sound Recordings and Communication Signals and Moral Rights in Performers’ Performances 15 – Performers’ Rights 15 – Copyright 17.1 – Moral Rights 18 – Rights of Sound Recording Makers 19 – Provisions Applicable to both Performers and Sound Recording Makers 21 – Rights of Broadcasters 22 – Reciprocity 23 – Term of Rights 24 – Ownership of Copyright 26 – Performers’ Rights — WTO Countries
27 – PART III – Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights and Exceptions to Infringement 27 – Infringement of Copyright 27 – General 27.1 – Parallel Importation of Books 28.1 – Moral Rights Infringement 29 – Exceptions 29 – Fair Dealing 29.21 – Non-commercial User-generated Content 29.22 – Reproduction for Private Purposes 29.23 – Fixing Signals and Recording Programs for Later Listening or Viewing 29.24 – Backup Copies 29.3 – Acts Undertaken without Motive of Gain 29.4 – Educational Institutions 30.1 – Libraries, Archives and Museums 30.3 – Machines Installed in Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums 30.4 – Libraries, Archives and Museums in Educational Institutions 30.5 – Library and Archives of Canada 30.6 – Computer Programs 30.62 – Encryption Research 30.63 – Security 30.7 – Incidental Inclusion 30.71 – Temporary Reproductions for Technological Processes 30.8 – Ephemeral Recordings 31 – Retransmission 31.1 – Network Services 32 – Persons with Perceptual Disabilities 32.1 – Statutory Obligations 32.2 – Miscellaneous 32.3 – Interpretation 32.4 – Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright of Performers and Broadcasters 33 – Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright or Moral Rights
34 – PART IV – Remedies 34 – Civil Remedies 34 – Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights 41 – Technological Protection Measures and Rights Management Information 41.23 – General Provisions 41.25 – Provisions Respecting Providers of Network Services or Information Location Tools 42 – Criminal Remedies 43.1 – Limitation or Prescription Period 44 – Importation and Exportation 44 – Interpretation 44.01 – Prohibition and Detention by Customs Officer 44.01 – Prohibition 44.02 – Request for Assistance 44.03 – Measures Relating to Detained Copies 44.08 – No Liability 44.09 – Powers of Court Relating to Detained Copies 44.11 – Prohibition Resulting from Notice 44.12 – Court-ordered Detention
46 – PART V – Administration 46 – Copyright Office 54 – Registration 59 – Fees
60 – PART VI – Miscellaneous Provisions 60 – Substituted Right 61 – Clerical Errors 62 – Regulations 63 – Industrial Designs and Topographies
66 – PART VII – Copyright Board and Collective Administration of Copyright 66 – Copyright Board 67 – Collective Administration of Performing Rights and of Communication Rights 69 – Public Performances in Places Other Than Theatres 70.1 – Collective Administration in Relation to Rights under Sections 3, 15, 18 and 21 70.1 – Collective Societies 70.13 – Tariffs 70.2 – Fixing of Royalties in Individual Cases 70.5 – Examination of Agreements 71 – Royalties in Particular Cases 77 – Owners Who Cannot be Located 78 – Compensation for Acts Done Before Recognition of Copyright or Moral Rights
79 – PART VIII – Private Copying 79 – Interpretation 80 – Copying for Private Use 81 – Right of Remuneration 82 – Levy on Blank Audio Recording Media 84 – Distribution of Levies Paid 86 – Exemption from Levy 87 – Regulations 88 – Civil Remedies
89 – PART IX – General Provisions
SCHEDULE I – Existing Rights
SCHEDULE II: [Repealed, 1993, c. 44, s. 74]
SCHEDULE III: [Repealed, 1997, c. 24, s. 51]

Copyright Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42

An Act respecting copyright

Short Title

1 This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act.

R.S., c. C-30, s. 1.

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