C-11 Royal Assent

By Allan Bell on July 13, 2012

Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act has been approved by both the House of Commons and Senate, and received Royal Assent on June 29, 2012. However, it is not yet in force and will go through an order-in-council process before it becomes law, which may be a number of months…Read More

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