Mr. Patrick Blanar (Director, Copyright and Trademark Policy Directorate, Department of Industry) at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Ultimately, if you look at section 2 of the Copyright Act, there is a definition of “literary work”, which is a subset of works that includes computer programs. Adding “computer programs”, then talking about “works and computer programs”, has the potential to create some confusion in the act about whether “works”, in this section, includes computer programs, in general.