The Copyright Amendment Bill 2008 was passed in both houses of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and is now known as the Copyright Amendment Act 2008.

There were several alterations made to the Copyright Amendment Bill 2008 (PDF ; 64K) in the Senate in February 2008. The House of Representatives approved these alternations in April 18th, 2008 and the final bill was assented on May 1st, 2008.

View/Download :

• The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2008 (PDF ; 80K)
• Trinidad and Tobago Parliament Page on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill – contains the transcripts of the speakers in both the Senate and House of Representatives and other information as the bill went through Parliament.

The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2008 was introduced in the Trinidad and Tobago Senate on January 15, 2008.

The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2008 can be downloaded from the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament’s website :

• Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2008 (PDF ; 42K ; 17 pages)

According to the introduction :

The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2007 seeks to amend the Copyright Act, 1997 (Act No. 8 of
1997) (hereinafter called “the Act”) to facilitate Trinidad and Tobago’s accession to the World
Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (hereinafter called “the WCT”) and to the
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty (hereinafter called
“the WPPT”) and to strengthen the enforcement provisions of the Act.

(Update : 17 Jan 2008 – Here is a link to the Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Act, 1997)