Under Canadian copyright law, the creator , or author, of a piece of work is the owner of copyright.
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The article in this weeks blog from Copyrightlaws.com, gives examples illustrating how the definition of “author or creator” works for the following:
• Correspondence
• Images
• Newspaper, Magazine or Periodical Contributions
• Collective Works
• Co-Authored Works
• Translations and Adaptations
• Musical Works
• Commissioned Photographs and Portraits
• Works Made in the Course of Employment
• Works Made by Independent Contractors
• Moral Rights
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