Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Concern that Canadian Copyright Disaster Could Spread

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Summary:

"Canadian publisher Glenn Rollans, president of the Association of Canadian Publishers, explained to attendees how the law has devastated Canadian publishers, noting that the addition of "education" as a purpose for fair dealing (the Canadian equivalent of fair use in the U.S.) in the 2012 legislation has meant that both the k-12 and higher education sectors in Canada now claim for free the same copies for which they had previously paid license fees. And that, Rollans said, has blown a more than C$50 million hole in publishers' revenues."

Link:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/75046-frankfurt-book-fair-2017-concern-that-canadian-copyright-disaster-could-spread.html

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oa.new oa.copyright oa.canada oa.fair_use oa.publishers

Date tagged:

10/14/2017, 22:00

Date published:

10/14/2017, 18:00