Access Copyright: It's "Virtually Impossible" to Opt-Out Of Tariff

"According to Access Copyright "it's virtually impossible to 'opt-out' of the interim tariff. The only way an institution would be able to 'opt-out' would be an absolute ban on all copying." This is simply false and it is stunning to see Access Copyright advise major publishers that that is the case....Many Canadian universities have determined that they do not need a licence since they can cover their campus copying through a combination of site licences, open access materials, open educational resources, fair dealing, and transactional licences (whether from Access Copyright, directly from publishers, or from other collectives such as the U.S. Copyright Clearance Center). The question for the large academic publishers is whether they want to pick a fight with their biggest customers and lose out on potential royalties by rejecting university efforts to pay for using their works."