----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Sly <sly@victoria.tc.ca> Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:18 pm Subject: [PGCanada] Canadian copyright for corporations

In the book "Canadian Copyright Law, 3rd edition" by Lesley Ellen Harris, (which is, by the way, very pro-copyright in its tone), it says that a distinction must be made between the author and the owner of copyright when they are not the same "person". The duration of copyright is still determined by the date of the author's death.

If the personal author is known. If the personal author's true identity is not known, and can't be determined, then publication+50 kicks in, as confirmed in that Copyright Board decision I cited previously. I'd like to see if the courts have commented on that provision as well.