Canadian copyright reform: Third time's the charm for this never-ending saga?

TORONTO – The advantage of Bill C-61 dying on the floor of the House of Commons last month for the election is it provides another opportunity for the federal government to get Canadian copyright reform right this time. That was the opinion expressed during a panel discussion at Insight Information’s third annual Entertainment Industries Summit, held in Toronto on Wednesday. Casey Chisick, partner at Cassels Brock in Toronto, said the “never-ending story” of Canadian copyright reform has seen two major attempts at bringing forward new legislation since 2001. In both cases, the bill in question (Bill C-60 introduced by the...