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September 2008
CLA releases Briefing Note on Bill C-61, Unlocking the Public Interest.
CLA has released its analysis of Bill C-61,
An Act to Amend the Copyright
Act. While Bill C-61 died on the order paper when the
election was called, copyright issues are still very much alive,
and in this document CLA makes new contributions to the
debate.
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the Briefing Note here
September 2008
Canadian Library Association Disappointed, Concerned with New
Copyright Legislation
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Press Release »
June 18, 2008
Fair and Balanced Copyright for Canadians
Grassroots Advocacy Kit
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the Advocacy Kit »
Draft Column for Regional Newspapers
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The Copyright Information Centre is your
one stop shop to access electronically copyright information important
to Canadian libraries. It will provide the latest information on
Canadian copyright reform, regulations, bills to amend the Copyright
Act, selected case law, and copyright position statements of the
Canadian Library Association and other library/education
associations. The site will also include interpretations of
Canadian copyright law, international copyright law, media copyright,
collective and performing rights societies, and reading and writings on
Canadian copyright.
For further information, please see contact
information below.
CLA
Copyright Committee (Members Access, Committee Members
Only)
Canadian
Library Association Gives Passing Grade to New Copyright
Legislation
(June 3, 2010)
Calgary
Round Table Meeting
(July 21, 2009)
Canadian Library Association: Position on Copyright
Brief
to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada on the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
(April 30, 2008)
Brief
to the House of Commons Industry Committee
(April 18, 2008)
Copyright
Letter to Ministers Verner, Prentice
(September 25, 2007)
Copyright
Resolution at the 2007 Annual General Meeting
(May 26, 2007)
Response
to CLA Open letter to Access Copyright Regarding Captain Copyright of
July 28, 2006
(August 9, 2006)
CLA
Open Letter to Access Copyright Regarding Captain Copyright
(July 28, 2006)
Letter
to the Minister of Industry & Minister of Canadian Heritage and
Status of Women Regarding Copyright Legislation
(June 8, 2006)
Protecting the
Public Interest: Information for the Canadian library and information
community on Bill C-60
(Canadian Library Association, January 2006) CLA's position on Bill
C-60
Stephen
Abram's letter to the Ministers of Industry and Canadian
Heritage
(April 21, 2005)
CLA
Submission to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on the Section
92 Review of the Copyright Act
(September 2003)
Copyright
Protection in Unpublished Works: Final Report (April 23, 2002)
- Wanda Noel
This report was endorsed by the Canadian Library Association.
Public
Access to Information Threatened by Copyright Inaction
(July 19, 2001)
Discussion
Paper on Digital Copyright Issues
(June 2001) The Copyright Forum, including the Canadian Library
Association.
Regulations
Related to Bill C-32 Library Exceptions and Parallel
Importation
(June 22, 1997)
Position
Statements: Copyright
(November 5, 1995)
Position
Statements: Buying Around
(June 15, 1978)
Canadian Copyright Act and Case Law
Law
Canadian
Copyright Act
C-42: "Unofficial" Consolidated Statute of the Canadian Copyright
Act. Canadian Department of Justice. As revised August 31, 2004.
Bill
C-32: An Act to Amend the Copyright Act (Phase II) (1997)
Final
Implementation of Bill C-32, Act to Amend the Copyright
Act (1999)
Bills
Bill
C-60 - An Act to amend the Copyright Act
First Reading: June 20, 2005.
Dies on the order paper, November 29, 2005.
Regulations
Book
Importation Regulations (SOR/99-324)
In force on July 28, 1999, and published in the August 18, 1999 issue of
the Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol.133, No.17.
Exceptions
for Educational Institutions, Libraries, Archives and Museums
Regulations (SOR/99-325)
In force on July 28, 1999, and published in the August 18, 1999 issue of
the Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol.133, No.17.
Educational
Program, Work and Other Subject-matter Record-keeping
Regulations (SOR/2001-296). In force on July 18, 2001.
Selected Case Law
Federal Court of appeal ruling on file sharing, in BMG Canada Inc. v.
Doe (May 2005), which declines to rule on whether music downloading
infringes copyright but upholds Internet privacy rights and sets out
tests to be met in regard to the disclosure of information to
industry.
http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca/2005/2005fca193.shtml
The Ontario Court of Appeal rules that the Globe and Mail does not
have the right to republish articles by freelance writers in electronic
databases (October 2004). The ruling may be appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Robertson
v Thomson Corporation
Supreme Court Ruling on Canadian Association of Internet Providers v.
SOCAN (June 2004). Addressed the liability of ISP's for the
transmittal of copyrighted content on their networks, and whether
caching content with the intent of improving network efficiency
infringes copyright.
http://www.iijcan.org/ca/cas/scc/2004/2004scc45.html
Federal Court ruling on file sharing in BMG Canada Inc. v. Doe (March
2004) which rejects industry application to reveal names of alleged
music downloaders and finds that music downloading for personal use does
not infringe copyright in Canada.
http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/fca/2005/2005fca193.html
Supreme Court ruling on CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper
Canada (March 2004). A crucial ruling on fair dealing and library
photocopying which emphasizes the importance of user rights.
http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/2004/2004scc13.html
Information
A
Guide to Copyrights (Updated January 2005)
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Interpretations of Canadian Copyright Law
Copyright
Matters: Some key questions and answers for teachers (2nd Edition
2005) (pdf format) - Wanda Noel and Gerald Breau
Published by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada; Canadian
School Boards Association; and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (20pp,
0-88987-156-6).
The purpose of the booklet is to answer frequently asked questions about
copyright in education.
Canadian
Copyright Law (3rd Ed., 2001) Information on the book by Lesley
Ellen Harris.
Copying
right (August 2002)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
This is a guide for universities to copyright, fair dealing, and
collective licensing.
Copyright Guide for Canadian Libraries - Canadian Library Association
(CLA) and Wanda Noel. (December 1999, 150 pages)
This guide provides library staff with basic copyright information.
It sets out who is protected by copyright, what is protected and for how
long. It describes the rights copyright provides to creators and the
limitations that are placed on those rights for the benefit of libraries
and library patrons. Knowing these rules will permit libraries to
provide maximum service to their patrons while remaining within the
confines of the copyright law.
This printed guide includes the complete text of the Copyright Act
and regulations pertaining to book importation and library exceptions.
CLA members will be able to copy freely from the guide.
The guide is now out-of print. It is, however, available through many
Canadian Libraries.
Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian
Libraries and Archives, Jean Dryden, Canadian Library Association
(January 2002, 46 pages, ISBN 0-88802-298-0).
Researchers in libraries and archives are both consumers and creators of
copyright material. This guide provides information that researchers and
those who serve them need in order to understand how copyright works and
to apply the rules to particular situations. Includes Copyright Rules,
Definitions, Summary of Economic Copyrights, What Can be used without
Seeking Authorization, and Collective Societies and Other Agencies.
Faircopyright.ca by
Laura J. Murray
Canadian copyright website for teachers, students and creators.
What Every Teacher
Should Know About Copyright, The 2Learn.ca Education Society.
The site covers Canadian copyright law, digital images, Internet
resources, and print resources.
International Copyright Law
WIPO
Copyright Treaty
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO Performances
and Phonograms Treaty
World Intellectual Property Organization
Berne
Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Paris
Act of July 24, 1971. As Amended on September 28, 1979.
World Intellectual Property Organization
Universal
Copyright Convention as Revised at Paris on 24 July 1971
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Multilateral
Agreement on Investment (MAI) Homepage
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Legal
Opinion on National Reservations to the MAI by Barry Appleton LL.B,
L.L.M, Appleton & Associates (1997).
Appleton & Associates, International lawyers based in Toronto and
New York, offer legal answers to questions about Reservation
Statements made by national governments on International Treaties, as
well as specific answers to the question of how Canada's reservations to
the MAI might be interpreted by an international tribunal. Focuses on
Canada's concerns about the MAI's effect on Canadian healthcare, public
education, childcare, social services, culture, and environment. Points
out areas where the federal government's reservations are unclear,
lacking, and/or their measures, in the form of country-specific
"exceptions," fail to provide adequate government policy protection
against certain MAI obligations.
World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (WTO/TRIPS)
Is the
WTO/TRIPS Agreement User-Friendly?
Prepared by Myra J. Tawfik January 30, 2005
Final Report to the International Trade Treaties Committee of the
Canadian Library Association
An
Assessment of the Impact of the General Agreement on Trade and Services
on Policy, Programs and Law Concerning Public Sector Libraries -
Steven Shrybman May 2001
Prepared for the CLA, CAUT, CARL, OLA, SLA, MLA, BCLA, LAA, NLC and
Industry Canada
Licensing Principles
for Electronic Resources (2001)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA)
Canadian Copyright Reform
Industry Canada/Canadian Heritage
Copyright
Reform Process
A
Framework for Copyright Reform
Bill
C-60 - An Act to amend the Copyright Act
First Reading: June 20, 2005
Dies on the order paper, November 29, 2005.
The
Government of Canada Introduces Bill to Amend the Copyright
Act (June 20, 2005)
Clarifying
Copyright and Educational Use of the Internet (June 15,
2005)
The
Government of Canada Announces Upcoming Amendments to the Copyright
Act (March 24, 2005)
Interim
Report on Copyright Reform (May 14, 2004)
Status
Report on Copyright Reform (March 2004)
Supporting
Culture and Innovation: Report on the Provisions and Operation of the
Copyright Act (Section 92 Report) (October 2002)
Also available in paper from:
Information Distribution Centre
Communications and Marketing Branch
Industry Canada
Room 268D, West Tower
235 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5
Tel: 613-947-7466
Fax: 613-954-6436
Email: publications@ic.gc.ca
Discussion
Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (June 22, 2001)
Consultation
Paper on the Application of the Copyright Act's Compulsory
Retransmission License to the Internet (June 22, 2001)
Study
on New Media and Copyright - Final Report (June 30, 1994) -
Commissioned Study for Industry Canada, New Media, Information
Technologies Industry Branch.
Other Positions on Copyright
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Copyright
Conference
Michael Geist Podcast can be viewed at: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1522/125/
CMEC
Copyright Consortium Calls on Federal Government to Allow Use of
Internet Materials in Education (September 2004)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Comments
from the CMEC Copyright Consortium on Federal Consultation Paper on
Digital Copyright Issues (September 7, 2001)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Discussion
Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (June 2001)
The Copyright Forum
Statement on
Copyright (February 1995)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Copyright
Issues
Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC)
CALL/ACBD Copyright Information
Canadian Association of Law Libraries
CARL/ABRC
Copyright
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Canadian Schools
Pan-Canadian Schools/CANCOPY Copyright License Agreement
(1999-2004), as extended on August 26, 2004 (Not including
Quebec)
The 1999-2004 Agreement has been extended until some time in
2007 when the Copyright Board will determine the tariff.
Council
of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)/CANCOPY Press Release, November
2, 1999
Pan-Canadian
Schools/CANCOPY Copyright License Agreement 1999-2004 - Questions and
Answers (Press Conference, Toronto, November 2, 1999)
Pan-Canadian
Schools/CANCOPY Copyright License Agreement 1999-2004
Schedule "A" -
School Boards (published in pdf format)
Schedule
"B" - License Exclusions List (2005-2006) (published in pdf
format)
Schedule "C" -
Addresses Notice (published in pdf format)
Schedule "D" -
Specific Interpretative Rules and Provisions for Ministers and Ontario
School Boards (1999-2004) (published in pdf format)
Sampling
Protocol (published in pdf format - 418 Kb)
Pan-Canadian
Schools/CANCOPY License Agreement Information Poster (published
in pdf format - 144 Kb)
Interpretation of Canadian Copyright Law for Teachers
Copyright
Matters: Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers,
2005 (published in pfd format - 98 kb)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada; Canadian School Boards
Association; Canadian Teachers' Federation
This is a newly revised edition of the original September 2000
document.
Quebec Schools
Société
québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction
(COPIBEC)
Band Operated Schools
Government
of Canada Photocopy Licence, 2004-2009
Universities and Colleges
AUCC
Model License with Access Copyright
Media Copyright
Radio and Television Taping/Public Performance
The copyright collective administering rights and collecting
royalties related to the taping/public performance of radio and
television programs is the Educational Rights Collective of Canada
(ERCC). The ERCC does not have a web site. The taping/public performance
Record-Keeping Form below is approved by the Copyright Board of Canada
for use by educators. The Copyright Board has set tariffs for
taping/public performance for 2003-2006. The definitions of news
program, news commentary program, and documentary have been revised as
of December 2003.
Relevant
Copyright Laws
Record-keeping
Regulations
Tariffs
Guidelines (Definitions)
Schedule (Form)
(published in pdf format - 21 Kb)
Purchase of Blank Audio Recording Media
Levy-Free
The following media are eligible for zero-rating purchases: audio
cassette, MiniDisc, CD-R audio, CD-RW audio, CD-R, CD-RW.
You are going to the site of the Canadian Private Copying Collective
(CPCC):
Zero-rating for
buyers and Online Application Form
FAQ for
buyers
Where
can I make royalty free purchases?
Purchase of Blank Audio Recording Media - Federal Exemption
for Perceptually Disabled
Exemption for the
perceptually disabled (CPCC)
Media Copyright Information
Copyright Issues
Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC)
eduSource
Canada
Canadian Network of Learning Object Repositories
Copyright
Matters: Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers,
2005 (published in pfd format - 419k)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
Copyright
Guide
Langara College
Media
Awareness Network
Collective and Performing Rights Societies
Access
Copyright (formerly Cancopy)
Canadian Musical
Reproduction Rights Agency Limited (CMRRA)
Canadian Private Copying
Collective (CPCC)
Periodical Writers Association of
Canada (PWAC)
Playwrights
Guild of Canada (PUC)
Society of Composers, Authors, and
Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Société
québécoise de gestion collective des droits de
reproduction (COPIBEC) English and French sites
Other
Canadian Copyright Collective Societies
Readings and Writings on Canadian Copyright
Canadian Copyright Law
Access to Information in a Digital World
Adams, Karen and Birdsall, William F.
Canadian Library Association, 166 pp. ISBN 0-88802-310-3, $49.95
Bill
C-60 - An Act to amend the copyright Act
First Reading: June 20, 2005.
Dies on the order paper, November 29, 2005.
Bill
C-32: An Act to Amend the Copyright Act Phase II
Web Address: http://www.parl.gc.ca/bills/government/C-32/C-32_4/C-32_cover-E.html
Canadian Copyright
Act Chapter C-42: "Unofficial" Consolidated Statute of the
Canadian Copyright Act. Department of Justice. As updated August 31,
2004.
Web Address: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/
Copyright Guide for Canadian Libraries - Canadian Library Association
(CLA) and Wanda Noel (December 1999, 150 pages).
This guide provides library staff with basic copyright information.
It sets out who is protected by copyright, what is protected and for how
long. It describes the rights copyright provides to creators and the
limitations that are placed on those rights for the benefit of libraries
and library patrons. Knowing these rules will permit libraries to
provide maximum service to their patrons while remaining within the
confines of the copyright law.
This printed guide includes the complete text of the Copyright Act and
regulations pertaining to book importation and library exceptions. CLA
members will be able to copy freely from the guide.
The guide is now out-of-print. It is, however, available through many
Canadian libraries.
Copyright
Matters: Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers,
2005 (published in pfd format - 419 kb)
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada; Canadian School Boards
Association; Canadian Teachers' Federation
This is a newly revised edition of the original September 2000
document.
Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian
Libraries and Archives, Jean Dryden, Canadian Library Association
(January 2002, 46 pages, ISBN 0-88802-298-0).
Researchers in libraries and archives are both consumers and creators of
copyright material. This guide provides information that researchers and
those who serve them need in order to understand how copyright works and
to apply the rules to particular situations. Includes Copyright Rules,
Definitions, Summary of Economic Copyrights, What Can be used without
Seeking Authorization, and Collective Societies and Other Agencies.
Geist, Michael In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian
Copyright Law. Irwin Law, 2005. ISBN: 1-55221-113-4. $50.00
----. Michael Geist's
website. Contains his writings on the Internet, copyright, the
law and technology.
Harris, Lesley Ellen Canadian Copyright Law . McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
2001. 3rd Edition
Web Address: http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/companion/copyrightlaw/
Online
Book Order
----. Copyright, New Media Law Newsletter: for Libraries, Archives and
Museums sample e-newsletter. To sign up send e-mail to http://copyrightlaws.com
----. Licensing
Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians
----. Digital
Property: Currency of the 21st Century
Book. Amazon.com.
Industry Canada/Canadian Heritage
Copyright Reform Process
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/incrp-prda.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/Home
A Framework for Copyright Reform
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/rp01100e.html
Interim Report on Copyright Reform (May 14, 2004)
Web Address: http://www.parl.gc.ca/InfocomDoc/Documents/37/3/
parlbus/commbus/house/reports/herirp01-e.htm
Status Report on Copyright Reform (March 2004)
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/incrp-prda.nsf/en/rp01133e.html
Supporting Culture and Innovation: Report on the Provisions and
Operation of the Copyright ct (Section 92 Report) (October 2002)
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/Internet/incrp-prda.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/rp00863e.html
Consultation Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (2001)
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/Internet/incrp-prda.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/rp01099e.html
Consultation Paper on the Application of the Copyright Act's
Compulsory Retransmission License to the Internet (2001)
Web Address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/pics/rp/retransmissione.pdf
Noel, Wanda and Canadian Library Association (CLA). Copyright Guide
for Canadian Libraries (December 1999, 150 pages).
This guide provides library staff with basic copyright information. It
sets out who is protected by copyright, what is protected and for how
long. It describes the rights copyright provides to creators and the
limitations that are placed on those rights for the benefit of libraries
and library patrons. Knowing these rules will permit libraries to
provide maximum service to their patrons while remaining within the
confines of the copyright law.This printed guide includes the complete
text of the Copyright Act and regulations pertaining to book importation
and library exceptions. CLA members will be able to copy freely from the
guide. This book is now out-of-print. It is, however, available from
many Canadian libraries.
Supreme Court of Canada Decisions Index of Reports & Searchable
Database.
Centre for Research in Public Law at the University de Montréal -
Faculty of Law. Web Address: http://www.droit.umontreal.ca/doc/csc-scc/en/index.html
United States Copyright Law
Conference on Fair Use (CONFU). Fair
Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
Appendix J from
the (U.S.) CONFU Report. September 1997.
The Copyright Website -
U.S. Copyright Law.
Fair Use and Copyright -
U.S. Copyright Information.
U.S.
Copyright Act - Title 17
U.S. Copyright Office, The
Library of Congress
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