U of C says no to copyright collective

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"The University of Calgary will soon be ending their partnership with Access Copyright. For the past 15 years the U of C has had a license with Access Copyright -- a copyright collective that ensures universities have licenses to use and distribute copyrighted works while giving the authors and publishers fair compensation for their works. The current agreement between the U of C and the copyright collective has been called "intrusive" by U of C's copyright officer Wendy Stephens....The high cost was a major factor in the U of C's decision to end the agreement with Access Copyright. In 2010, the U of C paid $27,500 to Access Copyright. "Access Copyright has asked for our tariff to be $45 a student, which would be $1.2 million dollars every year," said Stephens. Because of the large increase, the U of C has decided not to work with Access Copyright. This means the U of C is responsible for ensuring all material, course packs and digital material used in classes is legally attained and cleared for copyright....Another option for professors is to link to material instead of reproducing the material through pdfs and handouts. "Because links are not copies they are only to tell you to go to a different place," said Stephens. "We also have the option of open access journals. Open access material is becoming more and more widespread." Stephens said if none of these options work for a professor, the university will help professors clear the work, or the professors can use their own work...."

Link:

http://thegauntlet.ca/story/15583

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) ยป Connotea Imports

Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.copyright oa.prices oa.canada

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 13:02

Date published:

07/22/2011, 16:37