Copyright Intermediary Notice and Notice System to Come Into Force without Regulations

The Canadian government has announced that it will bring into force the Notice and Notice provisions of the Copyright Modernization Act without regulations. These provisions provide that for a notice to be valid it must meet certain form and content requirements. The government's decision not to prescribe these requirements leaves it to the various affected industries to develop their own standards. CIPPIC had participated in earlier consultations on the notice and notice system, calling for checks and balances within regulations that would curtail the potential for abuse and make the system as a whole fairer and more transparent.

The notice and notice system will come into force six months following the publication of the Order in Council in the Canada Gazette.

• Order in Council, Bringing Notice-Notice provisions of the Copyright Act into force, P.C. 2014-674, SI/2014-58
• Government of Canada, News Release.
• Government of Canada, Backgrounder: Notice and Notice Regime.
• CIPPIC Submission to Notice and Notice Consultations (November, 2013)