Abstract
Japanese Copyright Act has a lot of limitations and exceptions (L&Es) on copyright. These L&Es are, however, so specific and detailed that courts are usually reluctant to expand them under the author-centric view. In contrast, the Canadian Supreme Court set aside the view and developed the copyright law into more user-friendly.
In this paper, I review and examine the landmark cases of the Canadian Supreme Court, which suggest how Japanese copyright law should be reformed.
