IP/N/1/CAN/11  
IP/N/1/CAN/O/2  
 
22 April 2015  
(15-2122)  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 LIMITING THE RIGHT TO EQUITABLE REMUNERATION  
OF CERTAIN ROME CONVENTI ON OR WPPT COUNTRIES 
Notifying Member C ANADA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
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/2015/IP/CAN/15_1072_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 IP/N/1/CAN/6 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/CAN/6&Language=English&Context=S
criptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/CAN/C/3 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatc h=IP/N/1/CAN/C/3&Language=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Statement Limiting the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome Convention or WPPT Countries 
 IP/N/1/CAN/11 • IP/N/1/CAN/O/2 
 
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  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 protections so they can take advant age of the many opportunities presented by the 
digital world and the global marketplace. Ratificati on 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 radi o 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, 20 14.  July 14, 2014, the Minister of Industry of 
Canada issued a statement limiting the right to equitable remuneration of certain Rome Convention 
or WPPT Countries which we  hereby notify as well.   
(See also Other information below)  
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 
Other information  
 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 " 
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible 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, Quebec  K1A 0M5 
Canada 
Telephone:   819-997-0055