IIC 2011: Expect to see little impact on industry from new copyright bill

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - The implementation of new copyright legislation is likely to have little immediate impact on the Canadian communications sector, a panel at the International Institute of Communications Canadian chapter conference heard yesterday. The session looked at the impacts on industry after Bill C-11, The Copyright Modernization Act, becomes law. Asked whether the world will change drastically, panelists said not to expect many major shifts from what’s taking place right now. “Will the sky fall when this bill is passed? No. But there will be unintended consequences. There are things that haven’t been looked at, things that the government has...