Bill C-61 is a proposal by the Canadian Government to begin enforcing copyright law in Canada. In 2008, Jim Prentice proposed Bill C-61 during the second session of Parliament. The bill has since been reformed to include the following laws and restrictions for movies, television and music all pertaining to Canadian content.
- Only one copy of any material can be made from an original and the original copy must be paid for and bought by the owner
- Transferring a copy to another device like an iPod, CD or video is illegal
- Peer to Peer file sharing networks like Limewire and Napster would no longer be permitted regardless of whether or not you paid for and now own the original file
- Any research material from course databases and libraries can only be kept by the user for 3 days
- Libraries and databases can no longer disseminate copyrighted material under Bill C-61
- Research material cannot be transfered to any devices
- Digital locks can not be broken using any programs or downloads of any kind. Doing so is illegal
- And finally, any course material must be deleted from online sources following 30 days after the final exam
