Academic Honesty & Copyright
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| What is Copyright? Copyright literally means the right to copy. In Canada, all original creative works are protected by copyright. The Copyright Act grants a series of rights to the copyright owner, who is most often the author or creator of the work. If the work is created in the course of employment, the employer holds the copyright. Only the copyright owner has the right to decide when and how the work is copied. Copyright protection is automatic upon the creation of a work, and applies whether or not a copyright statement appears on the material. The general rule is that copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author. The Copyright Act can be viewed online at http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html. |
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