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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Four: The Disappearance of Course Packs

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups effort to persuade the government to restrict fair dealing has often focused on a particular use case: the course pack. The course packs were copied and typically sold as an alternative to course textbooks. The course packs were copied and typically sold as an alternative to course textbooks.

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

Among the other solutions, the most easy and feasible way to come out of the problem of unavailability and unaffordability was to start copying the books, study materials, and video lectures with the help of different mechanisms. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. Evolution afterward.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available.

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Marketplace: A Year of Innovation to Meet Evolving Customer Needs

Velocity of Content

Let’s dive into what’s new and improved in the user-friendly ecommerce tool that makes it easy to get copyright permission, order content and article reprints, and manage all transactional purchases in one place. Stay tuned for even more features and additions to Marketplace in the coming year. Check out Marketplace today!

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A research-friendly copyright system is a flexible copyright system

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this blog post, originally published on the KR21 blog , KR21 policy committee member Felix Reda analyses the potential for copyright reform in Germany, where the government has included a promise to “promote a more research-friendly copyright” in its coalition agreement. 5 (3) (n) of the InfoSoc Directive, are woefully outdated.