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The Copyright Act available at: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/index.html (in html) and http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-42.pdf (in pdf format) details the rights that are bundled within a copyright in Canada.

In brief, Petrina (2003) outlines the 5 bundled rights in a copyright to consist of the following:

1. Reproduction– the right to create identical or near identical copies of the work.

2. Adaptation– the right to create derivative works, such as abridgements, translations or versions in a range of media (book to movie to video to CD to on-line game).

3. Distribution– the right to make the first sale of each authorized copy of the work.

4. Performance– the right to present, recite, play, act or publicly perform the work.

5. Display– the right to publicly show the work, by means of film, radio, TV, WWW or other device.

According to the UBC Library, the changes in Access Copyright (an organization that collects copyright fees for publishers from universities and colleges) arrangements have affected the university (and their students) financially. More information about this can be found at: http://collections.library.ubc.ca/copyright. There’s also an informative copyright guide available from UBC Library at: http://collections.library.ubc.ca/copyright/copying-and-scanning-at-ubc