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Re: Licensing v. fair use
Forwarded message: Leslie Ellen Harris From: CopyrtLib@aol.com Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 12:14:37 -0500 (EST) cc: CopyrtLib@aol.com Subject: Re: Licensing v. fair use In a message dated 97-02-01 19:40:49 EST, you write: << I would be very interested in further discussion of contract and licenses vs. Fair Use. >> It may be of interest to this group that in Canada, we don't have "fair use" or any similar thing to the US guidelines. In fact, there are virtually no exceptions for libraries and archives under the current Canadian copyright law. There is however a bill in Parliament that will provide some limited exceptions but the passage of that bill is up in the air. In the meantime, what this means in Canada is that uses by libraries is subject to contractual arrangements ie getting permissions from rights holders. In 1990, a photocopying collective CANCOPY (see www.cancopy.ca) was formed and although most educational institutions in Canada are now licensed through Cancopy, libraries other than those in educational institutions, are now discussing such licenses with Cancopy. For the most part, Cancopy licenses do not extend to digital media. However, Cancopy and other groups in Canada are discussing the licensing of digital media to all interest groups. Lesley Ellen Harris Toronto, Canada
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