In the "All About You" feature, you learned about actions that have been taken to strengthen Canada's copyright law and the radical changes in technology that are driving the need to update the law. You have recently graduated from a music program and have composed two songs that you believe a recording artist may produce. You are wondering how you can best get copyright protection for your songs.
Instructions
Go to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website at www.cipo.ic.gc.ca and search for its publication "A Guide to Copyrights." Answer the following questions:
(a) What is a copyright and to what does copyright apply?
(b) How can you obtain a copyright for your songs and what do you have to do to be protected?
(c) What are the benefits to you of getting copyright registration for your songs?
(d) How and where do you register a copyright?
(e) When you register a copyright you are required to pay a fee for the registration. Should the registration fee for the copyright be recorded as an asset or an expense?
(f) Go to the glossary in "A Guide to Copyrights." What is infringement of copyright? Provide a specific example of infringement.
(g) Go to frequently asked questions in "A Guide to Copyrights." Whose responsibility is it for monitoring the use of your songs once you have registered the copyright?