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Copyright Act

Version of section 32 from 2002-12-31 to 2012-11-06:


Marginal note:Reproduction in alternate format

  •  (1) It is not an infringement of copyright for a person, at the request of a person with a perceptual disability, or for a non-profit organization acting for his or her benefit, to

    • (a) make a copy or sound recording of a literary, musical, artistic or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability;

    • (b) translate, adapt or reproduce in sign language a literary or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability; or

    • (c) perform in public a literary or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in sign language, either live or in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability.

  • Marginal note:Limitation

    (2) Subsection (1) does not authorize the making of a large print book.

  • Marginal note:Limitation

    (3) Subsection (1) does not apply where the work or sound recording is commercially available in a format specially designed to meet the needs of any person referred to in that subsection, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition “commercially available”.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-42, s. 32
  • R.S., 1985, c. 10 (4th Supp.), s. 7
  • 1997, c. 24, s. 19

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