IP/N/1/CAN/11/Rev.1  
IP/N/1/CAN/O/2/Rev.1  
 
10 May 2017  
(17-2504) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English /French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 63.2  OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
CANADA: STATEMENT LI MITING THE RIGHT TO EQUITABLE REMUNERATI ON  
OF CERTAIN ROME CONV ENTION OR WPPT COUNT RIES 
Revision  
Notifying Member  CANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal tex t 
 
Title Statement Limiting the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome 
Convention or WPPT Countries  
 
Subject matter  Copyright  
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
 Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/IP/CAN/17_2171_00_e.pdf  
 
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  n.a. 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Statement Limiting the Right to E quitable Remuneration of Certain Rome Convention or WPPT 
Countries  
 
The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 
(WPPT) provide authors, performers and producers of sound recordings with a full range of rights 
and protect ions so they can take advantage of the many opportunities presented by the digital 
world and the global marketplace. Ratification ensures that Canadian creators are paid when their 
copyrighted material is used in other countries that have also ratified the  treaties, such as when 
their music is played over the radio or on digital music services. Canada’s  Copyright Modernization 
Act, which implemented the changes needed to bring Canada in line with the WIPO Internet 
treaties, was notified under document IP/N/ 1/CAN/6. The WCT and the WPPT entered into force, 
with respect to Canada, on August 13, 2014.  July 14, 2014, t he Minister of Industry of Canada 
issued a s tatement limiting the right to equitable remuneration of certain Rome Convention or 
WPPT Countries whi ch we hereby notify as well.   
(See also Other information below)  IP/N/1/CAN/11/Rev.1 • IP/N/1/CAN/O/2/Rev.1  
 
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  Language(s) of 
notified text  English and French  
Date of adoption  14 July 2014  
Entry into force  14 August 2014  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  23 January 2015  
Othe r information  (Document revised to remove superfluous link  in original document ) 
 
Statement Limiting the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome 
Convention or WPPT Countries  
 
"http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2014/2014 -07-30/html/sor -dors181 -
eng.php " 
 
IP/N/1/CAN/C/ 6 (Canadian Copyright Act, as amended by Bill C -59) 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CAN/C/6&Language=English&Contex
t=ScriptedSearches&languageUI Changed=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CAN/C/ 3 (Canadian Copyright Act , as amended by Bill C -11, An 
Act to amend the Copyright Act)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSourc
e=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/CAN/C/3&Language=English&Contex
t=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
Agency or 
authority 
respons ible Industry Canada  
Copyright and Trade -mark Policy Directorate  
 
235 Queen Street  
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0H5  
Canada  
Telephone:   343-291-2703 
Fax:    343-291-2494 
 
Canadian Heritage  
Copyright and International Trade Policy Branch  
 
25 Eddy Street  
Gatineau, Q uebec  K1A 0M5  
Canada  
Telephone:   819-997-0055