Bill C-60: An Act to amend the Copyright Act

Bill C-60: An Act to amend the Copyright Act (French: Project de loi C-60: Loi modifiant la Loi sur le droit d'auteur) was a proposed law to amend the Copyright Act initiated by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2005. Introduced by the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women Liza Frulla and then Minister of Industry David Emerson, it received its first reading in the House of Commons on June 20, 2005. On November 29, 2005, the opposition parties passed a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons, triggering the dissolution of Parliament and effectively killing the bill. The subsequent government tabled a similar bill called C-61.

Bill C-60 primarily implemented amendments to meet compliance obligations of two World Intellectual Property Organization treaties Canada is seeking to ratify, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. In particular Technology Protection Measures (TPMs) and Rights Management Information (RMI), components of digital rights management (DRM) systems were addressed. It also included updates addressing short-term copyright reform issues dealing with the "challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet and digital technology in general". These focused on subjects such as network service provider liability, remote technology-based learning, and digital inter-library loans. Photography issues were given attention but Internet radio and Crown copyright were not.

Seen as the Canadian equivalent to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States, Bill C-60 met with public opposition before its first reading, with approximately 1800 Canadians signing the Petition for Users' Rights. Those opposed to the bill saw Bill C-60 as a move towards strengthening rights for copyright holders, while conceding the rights of users. They appealed to the government to "protect [Canadians'] creative, cultural and communications rights."