Angus Proposes Bold Copyright Reforms

NDP MP Charlie Angus tabled two proposals intended to bring more balance to the Canadian Copyright Act. The first, motion M-506, seeks to expand the fair dealing exception to Copyright found in s.29 so that it is no longer limited to a set of listed categories. The second, private member's Bill C-499, suggests an expansion of the existing artist copmensation recovery levy model so that it covers other media such as iPods.