ABC Copyright Conference 2017
Recent Submissions
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Copyright Education, Copyright Literacy & Information Literaracy
(2017-06-30)This presentation will provide an overview of collaborative copyright education programs in jurisdictions outside of Canada. This will lead into a larger discussion about whether a similar approach would be viable in Canada. ... -
Creative Commons ; ABC Copyright Conference 2017
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The Rigors and Rewards of Open Education Advocacy
(2017-06-30)Open Education encompasses resources, tools and practices that are free of legal, financial and technical barriers and can be fully used,shared and adapted in the digital environment (SPARC; my emphasis). -
How to be a Copyright Officer: Practical Tips and Reflections from Canada's Oldest Living Copyright Officer
(2017-06-30)People who take on the role of copyright officer or have that role assigned to them are faced with the problem of applying copyright law in practical, everyday educational settings, often without the benefit of legal ... -
Teaching an Invisible Subject: Educating Instructors about Copyright
(2017-06-30)This session will share results of the presenter’s Canada-wide survey of university copyright administrators, which explored the following research questions: How are copyright officers, copyright librarians, and other ... -
Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown (copyright)
(2017-06-30)Crown copyright has been flagged for review by Canadian copyright stakeholders including federal departments and parliaments for more than thirty years. In that time, our federal government has implemented an Open Government ... -
Making OPEN the default
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De Minimis Copying, MOOCs & Institutional Risk Avoidance
(2017-06-30)This presentation examines institutional risk avoidance in relation to copyright concerns and MOOCs. Specifically, the presentation focuses on a case study of the Understanding Video Games MOOC developed at the University ... -
Two solitudes? Quebec Copyright's Context
(2017-06-30)Descriptions and narratives about copyright in Canada frequently include the proviso “except in Quebec.” Indeed, there are striking differences between the two contexts; for example, while 93% of Canadian universities and ... -
Copyright Law Update ABC Conference
(2017-06-30)Howard Knopf is Counsel with Macera & Jarzyna, LLP in Ottawa, Canada. He has worked mainly in the areas of copyright, trade-marks, cyberlaw, competition and related issues. He has been the Chairman of the Copyright Policy ... -
Copying That Encourages Learning: Subject to a “Customary Price” or Within Copyright’s Guaranteed “Breathing Space”?
(2017-06-30)How does Canada’s educational copying environment compare to that of similar jurisdictions? To what extent is the fundamental purpose of copyright—encouragement of learning—advanced by provisions of copyright law that ...