HBR “Notice of Use Restrictions” questioned
There have recently been a number of tweets in response to an article by Joshua Gans in the Contribution Economy blog about a very curious notice of usage restriction attached to Harvard Business Review articles accessed via EBSCO. The restriction…
AUCC’s nine-pack of Fair Dealing Guidelines
The full text of the 9 revised AUCC Fair Dealing Guidelines have now been posted online on the SCRIBD website (links at excesscopyright.blogspot.ca) and at the University of Calgary library. I’m curious as to why AUCC does not just post…
Comparison of Fair Dealing and Fair Use in Education Post-Pentalogy
Lisa Di Valentino, a doctoral student in Library & Information Science at the University of Western Ontario has posted a new working paper on SSRN. Entitled “Comparison of Fair Dealing and Fair Use in Education Post-Pentalogy”, the author discusses and…
It’s the Labour Day Weekend … do you know where your school’s fair dealing guidelines are?
As Colleges and Universities across Canada are preparing for the start of a new academic year, it’s a good time to assess (or reassess) the state of copyright policies in our educational institutions. It’s been over a year now since…
Objections to the Proposed Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff and its Progeny Licenses: A Working Paper
I have just completed an extensive research report entitled “Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff and its Progeny Licenses: A Working Paper.” My co-authors (Scott Armstrong and Brent Harasym) and I have decided to post the paper for open distribution on the…
CARL members split on AUCC-AC Model License
While the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has itself been silent on the issue of the AUCC-Access Copyright Model License, most of their member institutions have not signed it to date. CARL membership is restricted to the major research…
SCC decisions provide clear guidance on fair dealing policies
One of the important results from the recent SCC copyright decisions is the additional guidance and clarity provided on the application of fair dealing. Two of the five decisions directly treated different aspects of fair dealing. Overall, the court has…
Reactions to SCC’s Copyright Pentalogy: News and Commentary
Here are the CanLII links to the 5 Supreme Court decisions of July 12th: Entertainment Software Assoc v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2012 SCC 34 Rogers Communications Inc. v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music…
Compilation of Annoucements for Institutions Opting-out of Model License
Here is a (partial) compilation of statements from institutions who have announced they are not signing on to the AUCC/ACCC-Access Copyright Model license: Simon Fraser University: <pending> University of Calgary: http://library.ucalgary.ca/copyright Niagara College: http://nclibraries.niagaracollege.ca/copyright Seneca College: http://seneca.libguides.com/copyright Humber College: http://www.humber.ca/news/copyright-update Royal…
A Closer Look at Warman v Fournier: Good news for online journalists
In my previous posting which focused on linking and its implications for copyright infringement, I mentioned the recent Federal Court of Canada decision in Warman and National Post v Fornier (2012 FC 803). The case is important for some other…
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