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The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology ("the Committee") has entered the first stage of its Copyright Act Review plan. This stage involves collecting testimony from various stakeholders representing specific sectors, such as publishing, education, and visual arts.
The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (the Committee) plans to consult Canadians in a variety of ways over the next year as part of its review of the Copyright Act. In a news release from March 29, 2018, the committee states that they will consult a variety of experts, across fields, in a three phase approach to their work:
“More specifically, the Committee will hear testimony from:
CMEC is endorsing the fair dealing exception in the Copyright Act, to draw attention to the importance of this exception to educators.
The Canadian Government announced a legislative review of the Copyright Act on December 14, 2017. The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act included a requirement for a parliamentary review of the Copyright Act every five years.
Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the rights provided to users of copyright-protected material under the fair dealing exception in the Copyright Act. Learn more and help us celebrate:
Recent changes to the Copyright Act (Canada) (the “Act”) and decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), in particular, Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37 have expanded the scope of the fair dealing exception under the Act.
There have been significant and positive changes related to copyright over the summer.
In the midst of significant change related to copyright in Canada, the University of Waterloo’s Copyright Advisory Committee has updated the university’s main copyright website.
There have been significant and positive changes related to copyright in recent weeks.
The University of Waterloo has decided not to sign the copyright license negotiated by Access Copyright and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.