I don't know all the gory details, but I think it might have to do with "fair use". For example, there is a duty on the purchase of blank cassettes/CD and DVD-recordables etc. to compensate artists. I'm actually unaware of any books that are not available here - I assume that would be all over the Canuckian blogs if it were so.
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~acitpo/copyright/cansum.html
This doesn't mean that I'll be uploading and sharing copyrighted material with my few closest 100,000 friends though.
Paul
Steve McKenzie wrote:
> Hi Paul
>
> while I do not want a stainless steel ring, the link reminded me of a
> question I always wondered about:
>
> What is it with Canadian copyright laws?
>
> Many books are excluded from sale in Canada "for copyright reasons".
>
> What gives?
Received on Fri Jan 21 06:46:00 2005
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