Public Domain

[Mathieu Benoit]

Anyone have a good source on Public Domain laws in Canada? All of the sources I'm finding are american. Thanks!

[Jef]

Might find some useful information on this site:

http://www.domainbits.com/canadian-doma ... main-laws/

[Mathieu Benoit]

Might find some useful information on this site:

http://www.domainbits.com/canadian-doma ... main-laws/

Thanks. I should have clarified that I'm looking specifically for public domain when it comes to music. A client wants me to write a new arrangement of a classical piece from the early 1800s and I want to make certain of the law on this.

[macrae11]

50 years past composers death. As long as you're creating the new arrangement from scratch. If you're using an arrangement from someone else to base yours on, you can't use that arrangement until the arranger has been dead for 50 years.


http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html#rid-33308

Section 6

[Mathieu Benoit]

Thanks bro, I owe ya one. This is what I thought but it's good to have the source to back it up.

[Malcolm Boyce]

http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html#rid-33308

Section 6

Good link. You always need to be looking at up to date information when working on stuff like this.

[Mathieu Benoit]

http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html#rid-33308

Section 6

Good link. You always need to be looking at up to date information when working on stuff like this.

Absolutely Malcolm, when it comes to legal stuff you always gotta be 100% sure in this business. Nothing sours a career like a lawsuit.

[RoadDog]

True, but you know your famous when someone has filed suit against you. Happy recording Mat!

[Mathieu Benoit]

True, but you know your famous when someone has filed suit against you. Happy recording Mat!

No such thing as bad publicity eh?