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Abolishing Canadian Crown Copyright: Why Government Documents Should Not Be Subject To Copyright, Emily Benton
Abolishing Canadian Crown Copyright: Why Government Documents Should Not Be Subject To Copyright, Emily Benton
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Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act, which assigns the government copyright ownership over all documents produced by the federal government for a period of fifty years, has remained virtually unchanged since being introduced into Canada’s copyright legislation in 1921. This provision is known as Crown copyright, and its continued existence serves as a barrier to the reuse of public sector information by the public, despite the fact that said documents were produced by government employees whose salaries are paid for by the taxpayers. This paper looks at Crown copyright through a global and Charter lens, evaluating how s.12 fits …
Laying The Foundation For Copyright Policy And Practice In Canadian Universities, Lisa Di Valentino
Laying The Foundation For Copyright Policy And Practice In Canadian Universities, Lisa Di Valentino
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Due to significant changes in the Canadian copyright system, universities are seeking new ways to address the use of copyrighted works within their institutions. While the law provides quite a bit of leeway for use of copyrighted materials for educational and research purposes, the response by Canadian universities and related associations has not been to fully embrace their legal rights – rather, they have taken an approach that places emphasis on risk avoidance rather than maximizing use of materials, unlike their American counterparts. In the U.S., where educational fair use is arguably less flexible in application than fair dealing, there …