Wednesday, April 14, 2004
WHY DOWNLOADING MUSIC IS LEGAL IN CANADA, Hon. Minister Schérrèr:
Copyright Act, PART VIII PRIVATE COPYING, Copying for Private Use
"Where no infringement of copyright
80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of
(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording,
(b) a performer's performance of a musical work embodied in a sound recording, or
(c) a sound recording in which a musical work, or a performer's performance of a musical work, is embodied
onto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performer's performance or the sound recording."
LINK: http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-42/sec80.html
Copyright Act, PART VIII PRIVATE COPYING, Copying for Private Use
"Where no infringement of copyright
80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the act of reproducing all or any substantial part of
(a) a musical work embodied in a sound recording,
(b) a performer's performance of a musical work embodied in a sound recording, or
(c) a sound recording in which a musical work, or a performer's performance of a musical work, is embodied
onto an audio recording medium for the private use of the person who makes the copy does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the musical work, the performer's performance or the sound recording."
LINK: http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-42/sec80.html
