Copyright Notice

Learn About Content Ownership, Permissions, and Usage Guidelines

All content on this website (authz.ca), including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, video clips, data compilations, digital downloads, and software, is the property of Banana Bytes Publishing Inc. or its content suppliers and is protected by Canadian and international copyright laws.

The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Banana Bytes Publishing Inc. and is protected by Canadian and international copyright laws.

Restrictions on Use

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, download, re-post, copy, display, perform, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, sell, or otherwise use said content, whether in whole or in part, for commercial purposes or for personal gain, without express advance written permission from Banana Bytes Publishing Inc. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of any content on other websites, in publications, or in any other media.

Banana Bytes Publishing Inc. adheres to the principles of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT). The WCT is an international treaty under the Berne Convention that deals with the protection of works and the rights of their authors in the digital environment. It provides additional protections for copyright holders in the context of electronic and online distribution of copyrighted material.

Key aspects of the WCT relevant to this website include:

  • Protection of Computer Programs: The WCT explicitly confirms that computer programs are protected as literary works under the Berne Convention, regardless of their form of expression. This applies to the software used on this website.
  • Protection of Databases: The WCT clarifies that databases and other compilations of data or information are protected by copyright, even if the individual elements within the database are not themselves copyrightable, provided the selection or arrangement of the contents constitutes an intellectual creation.
  • Right of Distribution: The WCT grants authors the exclusive right to authorize the making available to the public of the original and copies of their works through sale or other transfer of ownership. This applies to any digital downloads available on this website.
  • Right of Communication to the Public: The WCT grants authors the exclusive right to authorize any communication to the public of their works, by wire or wireless means, including the making available to the public of their works in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place and at a time individually chosen by them (i.e., on-demand access). This right is fundamental to the operation of a website.
  • Technological Protection Measures (TPMs): The WCT requires countries to provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures (such as encryption or digital rights management) that are used by authors in connection with the exercise of their rights and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which are not authorized by the authors concerned or permitted by law.
  • Rights Management Information (RMI): The WCT also requires countries to provide adequate and effective legal remedies against any person knowingly removing or altering any electronic rights management information without authority, or distributing, importing for distribution, broadcasting, communicating, or making available to the public works or copies of works knowing that electronic rights management information has been removed or altered without authority

We actively protect our rights and those of our content suppliers under the WCT and other applicable copyright laws.

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible on this Website, please notify us. We comply with the notice and takedown provisions of applicable copyright laws, such as the Canadian Copyright Act and, where applicable, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States. Your notice must include all of the following information:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site).
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., specific URLs).
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Important Note: False claims of copyright infringement can have serious legal consequences. Be sure you have a good faith belief that your copyright has been infringed before submitting a notice.