In Canada, one does not have to register your copyright to have protection, but when you register with the Copyright Office, you receive a certificate which can be used to your advantage in the event that your work is infringed. Formal registration of a work is not required. An author or the author’s employer usually enjoys copyright protection automatically on creation of the work.
Registration of a copyright is done by completing an application and sending it to the Copyright Office. A copy of the work is not sent along with application. Under the Library and Archives of Canada Act, two copies of every book published in Canada, and one copy of every sound recording manufactured in Canada that has some Canadian content must be sent to the National Library and Archives within one week of publication.
Library and Archives Canada
Legal Deposit
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0N4
Tel.: 819-997-9565
Fax: 819-953-8508
When a publication is deposited, a brief description is entered in AMICUS, Library and Archives Canada’s database. They are also catalogued and listed in Canadiana, the national bibliography, which began in 1950 and is widely circulated in Canada.
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