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 - Duration of copyright
The length of copyright is usually 50 years after the death of the creator. Some types of works such as sound recordings and some photographs and films may have a different length of copyright. After copyright expires, a work becomes part of the public domain and may be freely copied and distributed.
page last updated on: Tuesday 26 February 2013
