News tagged: Copyright

The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology outlined its plans for the review of the Copyright Act.

“This new agreement does not contain the copyright and content restrictions that had been pushed heavily by the U.S., which is good news for Canadians.”

The Statement underlines the provincial and territorial education ministers’ support for teachers’ and students’ use of the fair dealing provision in the Copyright Act for classroom learning.

The CFLA recently released three position statements on copyright: Fair Dealing; Protecting Copyright Exceptions from Contract Override; and Technological Protection Measures

CARL seeks to collect additional personal stories in which individuals express how they benefit from fair dealing

L’ABRC cherche à recueillir davantage d’histoires personnelles dans lesquelles des individus expriment comment ils tirent avantage de l’utilisation équitable.

Earlier this week, CARL and CFLA released their submissions to the Consultation on Options for Reform of the Copyright Board of Canada.

The consultations will be open from August 9 to September 29.

Several library and information management organizations have submitted responses to the consultations.

Policy Options is publishing a series of analyses of the current state of the copyright regime in Canada, what should be changed, and what should be left alone.