Copyright bill finally clears House of Commons

[andrewr]

Bill C-11, which will finally make Canadian photographers the first owner of copyright on their photographs, has cleared the House of Commons and is expected to become law before the start of the summer recess.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...d-commons.html

Copyright Modernization Act — Backgrounder

[Peter Wm. Richardson]

Read the bill very carefully, it is not all tea and roses for creatives, though certainly a step forward.
Cheers,
Peter Wm. Richardson
Photojournalist
peterw@journalist.com

[andrewr]

Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill, passed third reading at the Senate and received royal assent Friday June 29, 2012. The bill is now S.C. 2012, c.20. The reforms do not take effect yet, however. The bill must go through an order-in-council process with a series of new regulations first, a process that is likely to take several months.

Source: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6571/125/