In Canada, there is a commercial rental right in specific works, namely, computer programs and sound recordings.
Lesley Ellen Harris
Author, "Canadian Copyright Law" (2nd ed., 1995, McGraw-Hill)
<bt116[_at_]freenet.toronto.on.ca>
On Thu, 26 Oct 1995, Roberto Leiva wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> I'm an attorney practicing in Costa Rica, Central America. Our
> copyright regulations require the purchaser of home videos (for
> example a video rental store or club) to have permission from the
> copyright owner in order to be able to rent the material to its
> customers. My understanding is that the regulations in the US are
> different in this respect. Am I right? Are there other
> jurisdictions with similar regulations to ours in Costa Rica?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Roberto Leiva (rleiva[_at_]sol.racsa.co.cr)
Received on Sat Oct 28 1995 - 22:14:58 GMT
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