June 3rd, 2010 
Cliff Riseborough 
Actually, it isn’t that bad, albeit with one big exception. It DEFINITELY cleans up some antiquated law to make it somewhat relevant in an age where leeches are no longer considered medicinal. If you would like to read the document in its entirety, knock yourself out.
-Owning and using a DVR would now be recognized as perfectly legal under Canadian law. This comes with a vague and frankly unenforceable caveat, however :
"the individual keeps the recording no longer than is reasonably necessary in order to listen to or view the program at a more convenient time."
-So long as you own the original source material, ripping CD’s and format shifting in general would also be legal. No longer would you be committing a crime against Canadian copyright standards when you transfer music to your mp3 player.
Now, this brings something else up…if format shifting is now legal, why doesn’t there seem to be ANYTHING in here about getting rid of the levy that slaps a surcharge on blank media to cover for ‘lost sales’ as a result of blank media purchases? On the one hand we’re paying for lost sales due to illegal format shifts…and on the other we’re being told that said format shifts are permissible?
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