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Abolishing Canadian Crown Copyright: Why Government Documents Should Not Be Subject To Copyright, Emily Benton
Abolishing Canadian Crown Copyright: Why Government Documents Should Not Be Subject To Copyright, Emily Benton
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Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act, which assigns the government copyright ownership over all documents produced by the federal government for a period of fifty years, has remained virtually unchanged since being introduced into Canada’s copyright legislation in 1921. This provision is known as Crown copyright, and its continued existence serves as a barrier to the reuse of public sector information by the public, despite the fact that said documents were produced by government employees whose salaries are paid for by the taxpayers. This paper looks at Crown copyright through a global and Charter lens, evaluating how s.12 fits …