Canadian copyright and Canadian sovereignty: rights and relations

Abstract

Canadian copyright has user rights in its DNA. These rights, and copyright broadly, are tied to a complex web of forces and struggles that have shaped history for people living within Canadian borders and beyond. British imperialism and settler colonialism; tariffs and trade; race, ability and gender relations; struggles for rights and struggles for sovereignty—all have shaped the history of Canadian copyright. This presentation will examine copyright in relation to the broader relations that shape it.