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Section 32. (1) of the Canadian Copyright act permits the following:

Reproduction of books in an alternate format:

32. (1) it is not an infringement of copyright for a person, at the request of a person with a perceptual disability, or for a non-profit organization acting for his or her benefit, to

(a) make a copy or sound recording of a literary, musical, artistic or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability;

(b) translate, adapt or reproduce in sign language a literary or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability; or

(c) perform in public a literary or dramatic work, other than a cinematographic work, in sign language, either live or in a format specially designed for persons with a perceptual disability.

Limitation: (2) subsection (1) does not authorize the making of a large print book.

Limitation: (3) subsection (1) does not apply where the work or sound recording is commercially available in a format specially designed to meet the needs of any person referred to in that subsection, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition 'commercially available'.

The Canadian Copyright Act is available at:

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/default.aspxl​​​​