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Copyright: Can my art work be exhibited without my consent?

"[C]opyright, in relation to a work, means the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatever, to perform the work or any substantial part thereof in public or, if the work is unpublished, to publish the work or any substantial part thereof, and includes the sole right

(g) to present at a public exhibition, for a purpose other than sale or hire, an artistic work" (sec. 3(1)(g)).

Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42)