Canada: Mixed copyright review report from Industry Committee

On 3 June the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) tabled its report following the statutory review of the 2012 Copyright Act. The report follows the Heritage Committee’s Shifting Paradigms report, which was welcomed by IPA and Canadian publishers’ associations in May.

IPA welcomes Heritage Committee recommendations on copyright reform

On 15 May the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage tabled the report Shifting Paradigms which recommends clear actions to fix the problems created by the Copyright Act revision of 2012.