Anti-Camcording Law & Olympic Marks Law

Canada gained two new intellectual property laws in June: the Olympic Marks legislation, (officially Bill C-47, the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act) which provides a new species of “super-protection” for Olympic trade-marks, and a new anti-camcording law, which amends the Criminal Code to prohibit unauthorized recording of a movie (officially Bill C-59).

Calgary – 11:00 MST 

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  1. […] Canada gained two new intellectual property laws in June: the Olympic Marks legislation, (officially Bill C-47, the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act) which provides a new species of “super-protection” for Olympic trade-marks … …more […]

  2. […] Canada gained two new intellectual property laws in June: the Olympic Marks legislation, (officially Bill C-47, the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act) which provides a new species of “super-protection” for Olympic trade-marks … …more […]

  3. […] According to the Ottawa Citizen, the government’s new copyright reform bill may be tabled within a matter of weeks. Hopefully there is more input into the next set of changes to the Copyright Act than there were to the recent anti-camcording law which came into effect several months ago. Last week, police made their first arrest   under the new law – a man who was trying to record “Dan in Real Life” in a Montreal area theatre. […]

  4. […] The story of Montrealer Gérémi Adam, who is an alleged copyright pirate, has attracted more attention after the man dropped out of sight on the date of a scheduled court appearance last month.  He did appear in court yesterday to answer the charges and pleaded not guilty.  If the case goes to trial it will provide a good test case on what evidence the court will accept as proof that a particular individual posted a particular pirated copy of a movie.  He was charged before Canada’s new anti-camcording law came into effect, so he will face penalties under the previous copyright infringement provisions.  Another Montreal man, Louis-René Haché, was charged under the new anti-cancording legislation enacted last year and his case may provide a test of that legislation.     […]

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