Mr. Scott Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

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November 5th, 2018 / 4:25 p.m.

Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

—centuries of jurisprudence by changing that, and enforcing any idea that you would have to register copyright. There is an advantage to doing so, but, no, I don't think that you would need to register copyright in order to have it in force.

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