Canadas Copyright Laws

Canada's Copyright Laws

Canada's copyright law is one of our hardest laws to enforce.
The reason the police have so much trouble enforcing this law, is due
to technology. This law is very easy to break, and once broken, it is
very hard to track down violators. So although some form of a
copyright law is needed, the one we have has, too many holes to be
effective. There are three main ways in which the copyright law is
broken in everyday life. They is audio/video tape copying,
plagiarism, and software piracy.

The first, and most commonly violated aspect of the copyright
law, is the copying of audio tapes for oneself and friends. Thanks to
the invention of dual cassette stereos, this has become very easy.
You simply take an original or even another copy of a tape, as well as
a blank tape. Stick them both in to the stereo and bingo you have a
new tape. You also just broke the law.

Along with copying audio tapes, now we can copy video tapes
almost as easily. If you hook two VCR's together, they can copy from
one to the other. You could rent a movie form the video store, copy
and return it, with no one the wiser.

The problem with copying video and audio tapes is that for
every copy you make the recording artist, the actors, producers and
everyone else who collect royalties from the tapes lose money. If the
companies start to lose money, they raise prices. Thus a vicious
circle begins. A...

Canadas Copyright Laws

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