The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (formerly Cancopy), operating as Access Copyright is a Canadian not-for-profit copyright collective. It collects revenues from licensed Canadian businesses, government, schools, libraries, and other copyright users for the photocopying of print works and distributes those monies to the rightsholders, such as publishers and authors from Canada and around the world.
Access Copyright covers works published in Australia, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.
University model license
editWhen universities sign on to a license with Access Copyright (negotiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) or the Association of Canadian Community Colleges), their professors and students are given permission to do certain copying of copyrighted works. The university is generally charged a base rate per full-time student for this license, usually passed down to students in the form of mandatory fees. 2011 AUCC model license A new model, negotiated by AUCC in 2011, would see universities pay a rate of $26 per full-time student. The old agreement, which expired in 2010, charged only $3.38 plus an additional 10 cents per page coursepacks, photocopied compilations of readings designed by instructors and sold to students.[1] Moreover, additional stipulations would proscribe faculty and students from keeping copies of journal articles in personal libraries, or on personal computers or email accounts.[1]
These changes have proved controversial, and numerous universities have opted out of the deal.
Universities that have opted out:
- Athabasca University[2]
- Brock University[3]
- Carleton University[4]
- MacEwan University[5]
- McMaster University[6]
- Memorial University[7]
- Mount Allison University[8]
- Mount Royal University[9]
- Queen's University[10]
- Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson Univ.)[11]
- University of Alberta[12]
- University of British Columbia[13]
- University of Calgary[14]
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Ottawa[15]
- University of Saskatchewan[16]
- University of Toronto[17]
- University of Victoria[18]
- University of Manitoba[19]
- University of Northern British Columbia[20]
- University of Waterloo[21]
- University of Western Ontario[22]
- University of Windsor[23]
- University of Winnipeg[24]
- York University[25]
Universities that have signed on:
Controversy
editAccess Copyright has also started charging universities for e-mailing links to copyrighted information, even in cases where there was no copyrighted material present. They are charging the full price for each link e-mailed.[26]
In late 2019, Access Copyright obtained a court order requiring 300 schools across Canada to supply handouts and lesson plans from the last seven years. The demand, intended to find use of copyright material, was described as a 'logistical nightmare'.[27]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Ottawa universities mulling over controversial new copyright agreement Archived June 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa Citizen, 3 June 2012
- ^ "Recent Messages : Athabasca University - Focused on the Future of Learning". president.athabascau.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Brock opts out of Access Copyright licence".
- ^ "Copyright at Carleton | MacOdrum Library". www.library.carleton.ca. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Copyright tariff a bad idea | Intercamp". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013.
- ^ "McMaster Daily News: McMaster opts out of Access Copyright License". www.library.mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
- ^ "News | Marketing & Communications | Memorial University of Newfoundland". Mun.ca. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "Mount a Libraries: Copyright in the Library: Home".
- ^ "Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta". 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Queen's not signing Access Copyright licence | Queen's University News Centre". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ^ "Ryerson not renewing Access Copyright license". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ Dew, Stephen. "Access Copyright and the University of Alberta". The QUAD. Where UAlberta meets online. University of Alberta. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Broadcast E-mail: UBC is not signing a license agreement with Access Copyright, May 15, 2012 | Copyright at UBC 2019 development".
- ^ "Decision on Access Copyright | News & Events | University of Calgary". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ^ "Decision made not to renew licence with Access Copyright".
- ^ "The U of S will not sign the Access Copyright model license - University of Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ "Communications for Academic Administrators – University of Toronto".
- ^ "UVic News - University of Victoria". Ring.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "UM Today | Prepare now for copyright changes". News.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Waterloo Daily Bulletin June 7, 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ^ "Canada's Writers and Publishers Disappointed by U of T and Western's Non-Renewal of Licence". 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Copyright Update May 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- ^ Martin, Nick (19 May 2012). "May 2012: U of W rejects copyright deal as 'money grab'". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ "YFile » York will not enter into Access Copyright licence". Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ^ "Canadian universities sign bone-stupid copyright deal with collecting society: Emailing a link is the same as making a photocopy, faculty email to be surveilled". 21 February 2012.
- ^ "'A logistical nightmare': Teachers at 300 Canadian schools ordered to provide 7 years of lesson plans". CBC News. 13 December 2019.