CAB asks for copyright laws that are "clear and predictable"

OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has asked the federal government to ensure that “businesses are not excessively encumbered in the fast-moving digital media environment” as it drafts new copyright legislation.In a formal submission on Monday, CAB offered two key recommendations to the federal government’s consultation process on copyright reform.The first is that broadcasters not be forced to pay multiple copyright fees for incidental acts such as backing up their digital servers and making copies of the music files stored on those servers. The second suggests that, along with new legislation, the federal government should overhaul the way that copyright is...