New copyright law a triumph - or a cave...

OTTAWA - The Copyright Modernization Act received Royal Assent last week and is expected to become law this fall, once its regulations have been published. Parliament will review the law every five years. "We never doubted that we would see this day but it has been a long road, in particular for creators, whose livelihoods have been deeply eroded by piracy. We commend the government and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore in particular, for their tenacity in pursuing a modern copyright framework and legislation that will enable Canada to ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization Internet Treaties," says Graham Henderson,...