Copyright Guide
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- Purpose of this guide
- Copyright basics
- What is copyright and how does it work?
- Ideas, facts and originality
- Digital works
- Duration of copyright
- Public domain
- Using copyrighted works
- Insubstantial/substantial
- Fair dealing
- Fair dealing (Canada) versus Fair use (U.S.)
- Educational exceptions
- Libraries, museums and archives exceptions
Exception for persons with perceptual disabilities- Licences
- Creator’s rights for published works
- Text (Print and Electronic)
- Videos and DVDs
- Radio and Television Broadcasts
- Sound Recordings
- Adaptation, Translation and Performance
- Still Images
- Useful Web sites
- Contact
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This web page is currently being updated to reflect recent changes in Canadian copyright laws, specifically the adoption of the Copyright Modernization Act. For more information on the state of copyright in Canada, see the Government of Canada’s Balanced Copyright website. |
Copyright basics - Exception for persons with perceptual disabilities
The Copyright Act (s.32) allows copying of literary, musical, artistic or dramatic works, to create a document in a format specifically designed for persons with perceptual disabilities. This exception does not apply in cases where the work is commercially available in an appropriate format or for cinematographic works.
page last updated on: Tuesday 26 February 2013
