OLITA Resolution on Opposition to Access Copyright License Agreements

Use the link to access the full text of the resolution.  An excerpt reads as follows: "... WHEREAS the addition of 'education' to the fair dealing categories, and the broad support for fair dealing in the Supreme Court’s pentalogy rulings of July 2012 provide further support for the position that the Access Copyright license does not provide any additional value to institutions beyond their existing rights, and WHEREAS the fee structure is inequitable to students on whom the costs are imposed, and WHEREAS several provisions in the license agreements limit the use of emerging technologies and increase the potential for monitoring and surveillance, BE IT RESOLVED THAT theOntario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA): Stands opposed to the Access Copyright license agreements, including the AUCC and ACCC Model Licenses and the separate licenses with the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario, Urges Canadian post-secondary institutions not to enter into this licensing agreement, Encourages those who have already signed to exercise their termination options as soon as possible, and Recommends that institutions move toward the construction of systems of knowledge creation and sharing based on fair dealing, open access, site licensing as well as transactional licenses where they are needed."