The Copyright Pressure Points: What Next for Canadian Copyright

The government delivered its Speech from the Throne on Friday, which included a commitment to "introduce and seek swift passage of copyright legislation that balances the needs of creators and users." This should come as no surprise - as I posted last month, the reintroduction of Bill C-32 is by far the likeliest course of action given that it is precisely what the Conservatives promised in their platform.

During the recent Mesh Conference in Toronto, I led a session on the future of copyright reform in Canada that started with the prediction that C-32 is coming back, but focused chiefly on the three pressure points that have influenced Canadian copyright reform in recent years: trade pressures, narrative pressures, and social media pressure. I have posted the slides and audio from that talk and embedded the video below.