Bill C-11 · 37th Parliament · Jean Chrétien
An Act to amend the Copyright Act
Government bill. Became law.
- IntroducedOct. 9, 2002
- Debated in principleOct. 9, 2002
- Studied by a committeeDone
- Passed its first chamberOct. 9, 2002
- Passed the second chamberDec. 8, 2002
- Became lawDec. 12, 2002
Leading supporters
Ranked by the part each played: who is responsible for the bill, who carried it, and who spoke for it most.
- Jean ChrétienPrime Minister
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How precisely it is written
mixedChallenging the law: HardDisputing a charge: Moderate
The bill uses defined terms and lists five specific conditions a retransmitter must meet to avoid infringement. However, it leaves the meaning of key signals and all extra compliance rules to future regulations.
Clear-cut
“the retransmitter has paid any royalties, and complied with any terms and conditions, fixed under this Act”
Payment and compliance are concrete, verifiable requirements.
Discretion. The Governor in Council may define local and distant signals and may add any further conditions that apply to all or only some retransmitters.
Challenging the law itself. The provisions regulate economic activity in copyright and do not directly engage Charter expression rights in a manner that would readily support a vagueness or overbreadth claim.
Disputing a charge under it. A retransmitter could dispute whether its signal was altered or whether it fell inside a regulatory class, but the listed conditions are mostly factual.
Read by a language model from the royal assent text; every quoted phrase appears in the bill. A reading of the drafting, not legal advice.
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