The Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text - Damages - $500 - $20,000 Per Infringement
Date : 2008 06 18 Category : Web News
One of the many headline grabbers is the damages that could be awarded. Downloading copyrighted works for private use would be pegged at $500 per infringement while uploaders run up to $20,000 per infringement. We explore the bill and the Copyright act to find specifically where all this comes from.
This is the second part of our running series on Bill C-61.
Part 1 of our series can be found here.