An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)

Sponsor

Brian Masse  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 8, 2024

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Copyright Act to specify that, without prejudice to any rights or privileges of the Crown, no copyright subsists in any work that is, or has been, prepared or published by or under the direction or control of His Majesty or any government department.

Similar bills

C-209 (43rd Parliament, 2nd Session) An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)
C-209 (43rd Parliament, 1st Session) An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)
C-440 (42nd Parliament, 1st Session) An Act to amend the Copyright Act (Crown copyright)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.