Library:Copyright Site/Copyright Modernization Act

On September 29, 2011, the federal government introduced the Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-11). The legislation received Royal Assent on June 29, 2012, and most of its provisions were brought into force on November 7, 2012. The most significant amendment from UBC's perspective, is the modernization of the educational exceptions to permit the use of copyrighted materials in both the digital and the physical classroom. Other amendments include (a) protection for technological measures that companies use to secure content; (b) new exclusive rights including the right to make sound recordings available on the internet; (c) new "personal use" exceptions, including the movement of content across formats.

The Parliament of Canada LEGISinfo website contains the following information:

• Text of the Bill
• Status of the Bill
• Previous versions of the Bill (C-32, C-60 and C-61)
• Departmental information (press release and background documents)