Vancouver Sun: Who Has the Right to Copy What?

Vancouver Sun: Who Has the Right to Copy What?
A levy on iPods and MP3 players has been turfed in court, but the squabble doesn’t end there
Fiona Anderson,

Canadians won’t be faced with a levy on iPods and MP3 players after all, as the Federal Court of Appeal this week overturned a Copyright Board decision to allow the levies.

But the to-ing and fro-ing highlights the uncertainty surrounding Canada’s copyright laws.
And the uncertainty doesn’t end there. Under current law, taping This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Hockey Night in Canada, or any television program to watch later — something that millions of Canadians do — is technically illegal, because the “copying for private use” section of the Act refers only to musical work. To date, however, no one has been charged.