tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post3717401590665263124..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: A Short Quiz: Guess the Source of this Fair Dealing "Guidelines" DocumentHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-67629575975252709112010-11-14T18:18:15.495-05:002010-11-14T18:18:15.495-05:00Among the weirdest components of AC's proposal...Among the weirdest components of AC's proposal is the requirement that AC gain access to university computer systems, seemingly to verify use of AC's 'repertoire.'<br /><br />A problem here is that such a requirement would be counter to worldwide ethics of academic freedom and librarians' confidentiality, not to mention existing privacy law. <br /><br />E.g., Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) is pretty explicit on this topic, precluding access to information re: certain legal proceedings, labour negotiations, adoption records, as well as information concerning research and teaching at post-secondary institutions, to wit:<br /><br />http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90f31_e.htm <br /><br />65.(8.1) This Act does *not* apply,<br />(a) to *a record respecting or associated with research conducted or proposed by an employee of an educational institution or by a person associated with an educational institution*; or<br />(b) to *a record of teaching materials collected, prepared or maintained by an employee of an educational institution or by a person associated with an educational institution for use at the educational institution*. 2005, c. 28, Sched. F, s. 8 (2). [my emphasis]<br /><br />In other words, buzz off, AC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-78936481520200010852010-11-13T21:50:11.065-05:002010-11-13T21:50:11.065-05:00im guessing AUCC penned this in a rush .... and sh...im guessing AUCC penned this in a rush .... and shouldn't haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-40489943335349307752010-11-13T13:21:43.503-05:002010-11-13T13:21:43.503-05:00Curious,
Is it cheating to have skimmed 5+ years ...Curious,<br /><br />Is it cheating to have skimmed 5+ years ago a paper by Meera Nair that discussed this topic, and included a survey on fair dealing policies?Russell McOrmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186398284667525036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-78484386477145606042010-11-13T13:13:54.121-05:002010-11-13T13:13:54.121-05:00I think the public domain registry was always goin...I think the public domain registry was always going to be hard to do. The reality is that there are far more works in the public domain than still under copyright. The correct thing for AC to do, if it were really just trying to get paid what it was owed rather than on the backs of someone elses creativity, would be to support a registry for works still covered by copyright.Russell McOrmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186398284667525036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-73120837595359594682010-11-13T11:41:30.346-05:002010-11-13T11:41:30.346-05:00To Anon. @ 10:24:
AC did have a "license wiz...To Anon. @ 10:24:<br /><br />AC did have a "license wizard" at one point, but it's now "under construction." http://bit.ly/9ySizO.<br /><br />It did seem rather dysfunctional. I pointed out last year that it was happy to accept payment for making copies of public domain material from Shaw's Pygmalion. See http://bit.ly/6zDbB<br /><br />Come to think of it, whatever became of the much vaunted "Public Domain Registry"?<br /><br />HKHoward Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-27902742773957929522010-11-13T10:24:00.943-05:002010-11-13T10:24:00.943-05:00And just what are creators being reimbursed for by...And just what are creators being reimbursed for by AC? In particular, what do the millions of titles in AC's 'repertoire' include? I just attempted to get permission from CCC (which is an affiliate of AC) to make a copy from a book I wrote. Unlike AC, CCC has a searchable repertoire list online. According to CCC, the original publisher is the 'rightsholder.' However, the original publisher has not been the book's publisher for more than a decade. In the meantime, all the rights have reverted to me and I have made the book available online for all the world to use as they will through my university's digital repository. AC had no problem when I submitted it to their new registry last April, nor did Google books last January. Don't any of these organizations communicate with each other or verify information among their own members? WTF!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-78363131403813285312010-11-13T00:44:46.261-05:002010-11-13T00:44:46.261-05:00It couldn't be AUCC: there are far too many so...It couldn't be AUCC: there are far too many solecisms.<br />It couldn't be AC. According to AC's Website, 'Whether or not a use is fair dealing is determined on a case by case basis': http://www.accesscopyright.ca/Default.aspx?id=44Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com