The Copyright Regime and Data Protection Legislation
Les Editions Yvon Blais Inc., 2001
13 Pages Posted: 8 Jun 2012
Date Written: October 11, 2001
Abstract
In this paper, Ms. Wilkinson covers the relationship between the copyright and the data protection regimes in Canada. In her study of the question, Ms. Wilkinson explains how the control over information created under copyright regime contrasted with the control created under data protection legislation and how the control over information created by the common law action for breach of confidence contrasted with the control created under data protection regimes. She also presents the rules stated by the Copyright Act that governed the access and data protection administration, the copyright administration and the collective societies. In the second section of her paper, Ms. Wilkinson explores some specific concerns related to the Copyright Board, sch as the question of the Board and the access and personal data protection, the Board and its management of the information received from third parties and the information about identifiable individuals. She then identifies the activities of the Copyright Board which may be exempt from access and data protection as she tries to predict if the activities of the Copyright Board which are exempt from the access and data protection regimes are open to challenge on any other grounds.
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