Bill C-11 committee  I'm sorry. To deal with such an instance, the provision would grant the Governor in Council the power to require a copyright owner of material to which access is controlled by a TPM to provide access to such a person. It states: “The regulations may prescribe the manner in which

Bill C-11 committee  Regulations are a power of the Governor in Council--the cabinet, in other words. They can pass a regulation rather than having to amend a statute. It would be a cabinet process. There's a consultation process. They are usually gazetted in the Canada Gazette ahead of time for Cana

Bill C-11 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Lake, what I can do is explain to the committee what is in Bill C-11 in terms of regulation-making powers, if that's okay. Proposed subsection 41.21(1) grants the Governor in Council the power to make regulations to exclude a TPM or a class of TPMs

Bill C-11 committee  Thank you. Statutory damages enable courts to award damages to copyright owners in a pre-established range without showing proof of actual damages. Under Bill C-11, copyright owners would be able to seek injunctions, profits, and/or actual damages against enablers, but the optio

Bill C-11 committee  The exception in the act now that provides the 30-day limit says that for broadcasting purposes, radio stations can make temporary copies, and they can keep them for 30 days or less. They have to destroy them after 30 days, unless they're willing to pay the licence fee for them.

Bill C-11 committee  That ultimately would be a question for a court, I'm sure, if it ever got to that point. What the exception says is that they can make temporary copies and keep those copies for 30 days for broadcasting purposes.

Bill C-11 committee  I believe that if the recording was shown in an individual's household, that would not be a performance in public, which would not be an infringement of copyright. For a performance in public, if the person who made the recording were there, that would be fine within this amendme