The Copyright Board of Canada is an independent federal administrative tribunal that is tasked with approving royalties for copyrighted works. A copyright collective society may file proposed tariffs to establish the royalties to be paid by users in respect of certain rights that the Board administers.

To help clarify the Copyright Board’s rules and procedures, Peter S. Grant, Grant Buchanan, Daniel G.C. Glover and Keith D. Rose authored a Guide to the Copyright Board of Canada, Incorporating the User’s Guide to Canadian Copyright Tariffs (First Edition, 2020).

An indispensable resource regarding applicable royalty rates and how they are determined, this handbook provides a complete guide to the mandate and operations of the Copyright Board of Canada.  It also includes the complete text of the 60 copyright tariffs that are currently in force in Canada and summaries of all relevant court decisions as well as decisions from the Copyright Board of Canada.

The book provides an annotated guide to Canadian copyright tariffs relating to the use of music, the reproduction of literary works, media monitoring, levies on blank tapes, and the retransmission of distant radio and television signals, as of January 1, 2020. It also includes an introductory note on the mandate of the Copyright Board of Canada, detailed notes on judicial review of the Board’s decisions, a list of all collective societies operating in Canada, a table of royalties collected under the certified tariffs, and an update on all tariff applications that are currently before the Copyright Board.