Copyright Act Section 62 — Presumption of ownership and civil remedies

Section 62: in civil and criminal cases the work sued on is presumed to be a copyright work and the plaintiff its owner, unless the defendant disputes that anyone owns the copyright or disputes the plaintiff's right, so the presumption is rebuttable. Under paragraph 2, a person whose name appears on a work and who claims to be the copyright owner is presumed to be its creator (or performer). Section 63: an action is barred three years after the owner learns of the infringement and the infringer, and in any case ten years after the infringement. Section 64: the court may award damages in an amount it sees fit, considering the seriousness of the harm and the costs of enforcing the right, plus additional damages of up to twice that amount where there is clear evidence of wilful infringement that made the work widely accessible to the public. Section 65: on clear evidence of actual or imminent infringement the owner may ask the court to order the person to stop.