Copyright is the exclusive right to reproduce, perform, publish, display, and make adaptations of a work as well as the right to authorize any or all of these acts. If a work benefits from copyright protection, then the author or copyright holder can normally exercise their right to exclude others engaging in unauthorized acts (known as copyright infringement). In order to fall within the scope of copyright, a work must meet certain requirements stated in the Copyright Act and interpreted by Canadian courts. The work must be original →The work must originate from an author and show an exercise of that author’s.