Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42)
Full Document:
- HTMLFull Document: Copyright Act |
- XMLFull Document: Copyright Act [628 KB] |
- PDFFull Document: Copyright Act [1221 KB]
Act current to 2013-11-02 and last amended on 2012-11-07. Previous Versions
PART VIIIPRIVATE COPYING
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
79. In this Part,
“audio recording medium”
« support audio »
“audio recording medium” means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced and that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose, excluding any prescribed kind of recording medium;
“blank audio recording medium”
« support audio vierge »
“blank audio recording medium” means
(a) an audio recording medium onto which no sounds have ever been fixed, and
(b) any other prescribed audio recording medium;
“collecting body”
« organisme de perception »
“collecting body” means the collective society, or other society, association or corporation, that is designated as the collecting body under subsection 83(8);
“eligible author”
« auteur admissible »
“eligible author” means an author of a musical work, whether created before or after the coming into force of this Part, that is embodied in a sound recording, whether made before or after the coming into force of this Part, if copyright subsists in Canada in that musical work;
“eligible maker”
« producteur admissible »
“eligible maker” means a maker of a sound recording that embodies a musical work, whether the first fixation of the sound recording occurred before or after the coming into force of this Part, if
(a) both the following two conditions are met:
(i) the maker, at the date of that first fixation, if a corporation, had its headquarters in Canada or, if a natural person, was a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and
(ii) copyright subsists in Canada in the sound recording, or
(b) the maker, at the date of that first fixation, if a corporation, had its headquarters in a country referred to in a statement published under section 85 or, if a natural person, was a citizen, subject or permanent resident of such a country;
“eligible performer”
« artiste-interprète admissible »
“eligible performer” means the performer of a performer’s performance of a musical work, whether it took place before or after the coming into force of this Part, if the performer’s performance is embodied in a sound recording and
(a) both the following two conditions are met:
(i) the performer was, at the date of the first fixation of the sound recording, a Canadian citizen or permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and
(ii) copyright subsists in Canada in the performer’s performance, or
(b) the performer was, at the date of the first fixation of the sound recording, a citizen, subject or permanent resident of a country referred to in a statement published under section 85;
“prescribed”
Version anglaise seulement“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Part.
- 1997, c. 24, s. 50;
- 2001, c. 27, s. 240.
- Date modified: