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In anticipation of amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act, this chapter investigated whether provisions that would prohibit the circumvention of technical protection measures are “Copyrights”, and therefore the proper subject matter of federal copyright legislation. The answer is, probably, "no."
I show how these provisions in are arguably "paracopyrights" and may be in pith and substance a matter under the provincial authority over property and civil rights.
This work is included in a new book on Canadian copyright reform, "In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law," and available for download from Irwin's site or right here or from bepress here.
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