Canada Court Says Government Agencies Not Exempt From Copyright Levy

摘要

Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments and their agencies must pay tariffs for reproduction of copyrighted works, despite the lack of language specifically binding governments to the payment of copyright tariffs in the Copyright Act, the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal ruled on April 3 {Manitoba v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency d/b/a Access Copyright Fed Ct App (Can), No. A-119-12, 4/3/13).