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Yesterday I delivered the opening presentation at ALAI Canada's conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Copyright Board. I argued that the Board is probably the most practically important copyright institution in Canada, though too few people realize the breadth or depth of its impact. It is far more than a rate-setting body; it is heavily involved in either making or implementing copyright policy. While Parliament and the courts have and exercise the power to determine the law, increasingly these bodies are relying on the Board to apply it in practice.

The presentation is embedded below. Use the arrows on the bottom right to move through. Click the hyperlinks to jump to the underlying source materials.