Canadian writers, visual artists, and publishers need copyright reform now

Collective licensing has been severely eroded over the last decade in Canada. Continued inaction by the government only serves to legitimize a growing culture of taking without paying.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, left, and Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge have been tasked with updating the Copyright Act. The government must make good on its promise to secure a sustainable future for creating and publishing in Canada, write Jack Illingworth and Geneviève Lauzon. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACK ILLINGWORTH, GENEVIèVE LAUZON

April 8, 2024

Over the course of its mandate, the Liberal government has made it important to position itself as a champion and defender of Canadian creators and cultural industries. Canada’s writers and publishers, however, have been left to wonder when the government will take action ...

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