tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post7515506083097014328..comments2024-03-23T13:09:54.464-04:00Comments on EXCESS COPYRIGHT: AC's Tries Negative Option to Sustain Digital Rights LicensingHoward Knopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-70712255318537449952010-12-03T14:16:01.487-05:002010-12-03T14:16:01.487-05:00I think you'll find that they already have the...I think you'll find that they already have the major educational publishers on board anyway, so this won't make much differenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-36784718367423234772010-12-03T12:20:02.818-05:002010-12-03T12:20:02.818-05:00Now that's interesting. Access Copyright must ...Now that's interesting. Access Copyright must believe that they can get away with this, either as a matter of law, or because the copyright owners will find this of value.<br /><br />After all, they couldn't be stupid enough to try a digital land grab without backup, could they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18354974465136846413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-76684422119764409202010-12-03T11:53:24.154-05:002010-12-03T11:53:24.154-05:00That's an astute comment. The previous subsect...That's an astute comment. The previous subsection in the bill does allow and author to "opt out" - i.e. negative option. But this is a very unsatisfactory provision - and maybe even unconstitutional. It's injecting unnecessary and intrusive elements of contract law into the Copyright Act. Last I heard, contract law is the domain of the provinces. This also smacks of a back door major step towards "extended collective licensing", a very controversial and "socialist" concept not embraced outside of the Nordic countries. The trouble is that none of AUCC, ACCC or CMEC are likely to protest.<br /><br />Anyway, this still isn't the law and C-32 may not survive the next election.<br /><br />HKHoward Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20803105.post-20383954195571281492010-12-03T10:14:07.959-05:002010-12-03T10:14:07.959-05:00I believe the government of Canada will be giving ...I believe the government of Canada will be giving Access Copyright these rights -<br /><br />30.02 (6) of the current draft of C-32:<br /><br />The owner of the copyright in a work who, in respect of the work, has authorized a collective society to enter into a reprographic reproduction agreement with an educational institution is deemed to have authorized the society to enter into a digital reproduction agreement with the institution — subject to the same restrictions as a reprographic reproduction agreement — unless the owner has refused to give this authorization under subsection (5) or has authorized another collective society to enter into a digital reproduction agreement with respect to the work.Chris Hurstnoreply@blogger.com