The Canadian government has finally introduced its Copyright Modernization Act (or Bill C-32) to reform its copyright laws.

The proposals in the Bill include the following:

- New fair dealing provisions for parody, satire and education

- New time-shifting, format-shifting and backup copy provisions

- New performer’s rights and photographer’s rights provisions

- Strong provisions against the circumvention of digital locks

- New requirements for ISPs to notify users of alleged infringements

- Provisions for infringement where a person provides Internet services, and either knows or ought to have known that the services are designed primarily to enable acts of copyright infringement.

For the full text of the Bill, see:

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4580265&file=4