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No More Settlement Demands: New Rules for Canadian Copyright Notice-and-Notice System Receive Royal Assent - Michael Geist
Bill C-86, the Budget Implementation Act that includes extensive copyright reforms, passed the Senate and received royal assent last week. With little fanfare, the rules for Canada's copyright notice-and-notice have now changed. The law no longer requires Internet providers to forward notifications that include the following: (a) an offer to settle the claimed infringement; (b) a request or demand, made in relation to the claimed infringement, for payment or for personal information; (c) a reference, including by way of hyperlink, to such an offer, request or demand; and (d) any other information that may be prescribed by regulation
Michael Geist