The Canadian House of Commons is currently studying several changes to the country's copyright laws, contained in the recently introduced C-60 Bill.
According to reports in the national media this week, the revisions contained in the Bill characterize the knowing sale, distribution, trade or rental of copyrighted works as copyright infringement, although they leave the right to make additional copies of works for personal use (otherwise known as a 'fair use' provision) untouched.
The proposed legislation additionally, amongst other issues, deals with increasing the legal protection of copyright-protection technology, boosting reproduction rights for authors and performers, changing the term of protection for sound recordings, and obliging ISPs to crack down on copyright infringement activity undertaken by their customers.
The proposed law has reportedly been welcomed by industry bodies such as the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
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