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Are there any requirements to be an author of a work protected by copyright?

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Anyone can be an author, but in order to be protected by Canadian copyright law, an author must meet certain requirements. Most importantly, the author must be a citizen or subject of, or ordinarily live in, a country that

  • has signed the Berne Convention on copyright protection, or
  • has signed the Universal Copyright Convention on copyright protection, or
  • belongs to the World Trade Organization.

December 1998

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