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A Guide to Copyrights: Table of Contents

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Updated: January 2005
This is an HTML version of the existing guide. The guide includes minor Web format changes, links to related Web pages and contact information for the Client Service Centre.

This information is to be considered solely as a guide and should not be quoted as or considered to be a legal authority. It may become obsolete in whole or in part at any time without notice. Authority must be found in the Copyright Act, the Copyright Regulations, and in decisions of the courts interpreting them.

Introduction

Copyright Protection

Registration of copyright

Additional information

Appendix A — Twenty common questions about copyright

Glossary

Tariff of fees


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