COPYRIGHT ACTLimitation of the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome Convention Countries StatementWhereas the Minister of Industry is of the opinion that the Rome Convention countries referred to in the annexed statement do not grant a right of remuneration similar in scope and duration to that provided by section 19a of the Copyright Act for the performance in public or the communication to the public by telecommunication of a sound recording whose maker, at the date of its first fixation, was a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada within the meaning of the Immigration Act or, if a corporation, had its headquarters in Canada;S.C. 1997, c. 24, s. 14Therefore, the Minister of Industry, pursuant to subsection 20(2)a of the Copyright Act, hereby makes the annexed Limitation of the Right to Equitable Remuneration of Certain Rome Convention Countries Statement.Ottawa, Ontario, March 19, 1999John ManleyMinister of IndustryLIMITATIONSA right to equitable remuneration applies only for a duration of 20 years for the performance in public or the communication to the public by telecommunication of a sound recording whose maker, at the date of its first fixation, was a citizen, or permanent resident of, or, if a corporation, had its headquarters in, one of the following countries:Bolivia;Honduras;Lesotho; orUruguay.A right to equitable remuneration applies only to the communication to the public by telecommunication of a sound recording whose maker, at the date of its first fixation, was a citizen or permanent resident of, or, if a corporation, had its headquarters in, one of the following countries:Japan; orNorway.A right to equitable remuneration applies only to the performance in public of a sound recording whose maker, at the date of its first fixation, was a citizen or permanent resident of Lebanon, or, if a corporation, had its headquarters in Lebanon.A right to equitable remuneration does not apply to the performance in public or the communication to the public by telecommunication of a sound recording whose maker, at the date of its first fixation, was a citizen or permanent resident of, or, if a corporation, had its headquarters in, one of the following countries:Barbados;Burkina Faso;Cape Verde;Congo;Czech Republic;El Salvador;Fiji;Guatemala;Ireland;Monaco;Nigeria;Paraguay; orSaint Lucia.COMING INTO FORCEThis Statement comes into force on the day on which it is registered.