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Copyright Board of Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize in Copyright Economics

The Copyright Board of Canada is launching a new prize for graduate students in economics, in collaboration with the Canadian Economics Association. This prize will recognize the best article on the economic dimensions of copyright, and will include $ 2,000 in addition to a paid work term of one year within the Board’s Economic Analysis Team.

This new prize aims to promote research and academic thinking on a key aspect in the economics of intellectual property: copyright. While research and teaching in other areas of intellectual property, in particular patents, abound, it is more difficult to find economic experts in the area of copyright. The Board hopes that this prize will contribute to creating interest for a fascinating field whose edges are constantly modified by technological advances.

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Copyright Board of Canada Graduate Student Paper Prize in Copyright Economics


NEW GENERAL ADDRESS

Effective August 19, 2019, all correspondence regarding Board cases should be directed to a new generic address from the Registrar of the Board. From that date, this address will be the only point of entry for correspondence from the parties in relation to cases, and the only point of exit for the notices and orders of the Commission.

The address is the following: registry-greffe@cb-cda.gc.ca


PRACTICE NOTICE

Effective August 14, 2019, the following practice notice applies to all matters before the Board:


Notice of Intent to Withdraw Proposed Tariffs by ARTISTI
  • Statement of Proposed Royalties to be Collected by ARTISTI for the Fixation of Performances and the Reproduction and Distribution of Performances Fixed by Performers in the Form of Phonograms for the Years 2016 to 2018;

  • Statement of Proposed Royalties to be Collected from Producers and Record Companies by ARTISTI for the Fixation of Performances and the Reproduction and Distribution of Performances Fixed by Performers in the Form of Phonograms for the Years 2019 to 2021;

  • Statement of Proposed Royalties to be Collected by ARTISTI for Making Available to the Public and for the Reproduction, in Canada, of Performances Fixed in a Sound Recording by Online Music Services for the Years 2016 to 2018; and

  • Proposed Statement of Royalties to be Collected by ARTISTI for the Making Available to the Public, the Communication to the Public by Telecommunication and the Reproduction, in Canada, of Performances Fixed in a Sound Recording by Online Music Services for the Years 2019 to 2021.
Notice of Intent to Withdraw Proposed Tariffs by ARTISTI


RECENT DECISIONS
  • Retransmission of Distant Television Signals (2014-2018)
    Reasons (August 2, 2019)
    Tariff (August 3, 2019)

  • Retransmission of Distant Television Signals (2019-2023)
    Interim Decision (February 22, 2019)

  • Retransmission of Distant Radio and Television Signals (2019-2023)
    Interim Decision (December 28, 2018)

  • Commercial Radio Stations (2019)
    CMRRA/SODRAC, Connect/SOPROQ and Artisti

    Reasons (December 21, 2018)
    Tariff (December 22, 2018)

  • Retransmission of Distant Television Signals (2014-2018)
    Decision (Quantum) (December 18, 2018)
    Reasons to follow

  • Commercial Radio Stations – Application to Vary [CSI (2012-2013); Connect/SOPROQ (2012-2017); Artisti (2012-2014)]; and
    Commercial Radio Stations – Determination [CSI (2014-2018); Connect/SOPROQ (2018); Artisti (2015-2018)]

    Reasons (December 14, 2018)
    Tariff (December 15, 2018)

Proposed Tariffs for the Years 2020 and Beyond
  • CBRA
    Tariffs for Commercial and Non-Commercial Media Monitoring (2020-2022)
    Canada Gazette, June 8, 2019

  • Access Copyright
    Tariff – Elementary and Secondary Schools (2020-2022)
    Canada Gazette, June 1, 2019

  • SOCAN/SODRAC
    Tariff No. 2.A.R (2020-2021)
    Tariffs Nos. 22.A.R, 22.D.1.R (2020)
    Canada Gazette, May 25, 2019

  • CMRRA/SOCAN
    Non-Commercial Radio – Reproduction (2020)
    Canada Gazette, May 25, 2019

  • CMRRA/SOCAN, CONNECT/SOPROQ, Artisti
    Commercial Radio Stations – Reproduction (2020)
    Canada Gazette, May 25, 2019

  • SOCAN
    Tariffs Nos. 9, 22.A, 22.B, 22.C, 22.D.1, 22.D.2, 22.E, 22.G, 25 (2020)
    Tariffs Nos. 1.A, 3.A, 4.A.1, 4.A.2, 4.B.1, 4.B.2, 4.B.3, 6, 15.A, 15.B, 16, 24 (2020-2021)
    Tariffs Nos. 1.B, 2.A, 5.A, 5.B, 14, 17, 23 (2021)
    Tariffs Nos. 1.C, 2.D, 19, 26 (2020-2022)
    Tariffs Nos. 2.B, 2.C, 3.B, 3.C, 7, 8, 10.A, 10.B, 11.A, 11.B, 12.A, 12.B, 13.A, 13.B, 13.C, 18, 20, 21 (2021-2022)
    Canada Gazette, May 18, 2019

  • Re:Sound
    Tariff No. 1.A (2021-2023)
    Tariff No. 1.B.2 (2020-2024)
    Tariffs Nos. 1.C, 8 (2020-2021)
    Tariff No. 2 (2020-2022)
    Tariff No. 5.A-J (2021-2025)
    Canada Gazette, May 11, 2019

  • CPCC
    Tariffs – Private Copying (2020 and 2021)
    Canada Gazette, April 27, 2019

UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS
  • SOCAN Tariff 24 – Ringtones and Ringbacks (2014-2018)
    flèche Hearing: Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Copyright Board hearing room.
    Schedule of Proceedings;
    Directive on Procedure

  • Non-Commercial Radio
    [CMRRA: 2003-2010; CSI: 2011-2018; Re:Sound: 2013-2018]

    flèche Hearing: Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Copyright Board hearing room.
    Schedule of Proceedings;
    Directive on Procedure

  • Background Music
    [SOCAN: 2012-2018; Re:Sound: 2014-2018]

    flèche Hearing: Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Copyright Board hearing room.
    Schedule of Proceedings;
    Directive on Procedure

  • Artisti – Phonograms (2016-2021)
    flèche Hearing: Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Copyright Board hearing room.
    Schedule of Proceedings; (Suspended sine die)
    Directive on Procedure

  • Online Audiovisual Services – Music
    [SOCAN: 2007-2018; CMRRA: 2014-2018; SODRAC: 2014-2018]

    flèche Hearing: To be determined
    Schedule of Proceedings; (Suspended)
    Directive on Procedure

  • Online Music Services
    [SOCAN: 2007-2018; Re:Sound: 2013-2018; CSI: 2014-2018]

    flèche Hearing: To be determined
    Schedule of Proceedings; (Suspended)
    Directive on Procedure

  • Commercial Radio – Public Performance of Music
    [SOCAN: 2007-2018; Re:Sound 2009-2020]

    flèche Hearing: To be determined
    Schedule of Proceedings; (Suspended)
    Directive on Procedure

DECISIONS UNDER ADVISEMENT
  • SODRAC v. CBC – Licences [Redetermination (2008-2012); Determination (2012-2018)]

  • SOCAN-Re:Sound – Pay Audio Services Tariffs (2007-2016)

  • Access Copyright – Post-Secondary Educational Institutions Tariff
    (2011-2013 and 2014-2017)