Could it be a case of the emperor’s new clothes? Crown copyright and Canada’s commitment to open government

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Wakaruk, Amanda

• This conference presentation provided an introduction to Crown copyright in Canada and addressed the advantages and disadvantages of keeping government information out of the public domain. Suggestions for modifying section 12 of the Copyright Act were offered in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary review of this piece of legislation.

• Date created

  2016-12-09

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Copyright
  • Government information
  • Open Government
  • Crown copyright
  • Government of Canada

• Type of Item

  Conference Paper

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3Z60C59R

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International