Tiessen, Rob

Wilkinson, Margaret Ann

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Western UniversityScholarship@WesternLaw Presentations Law School5-29-2014To Sign or Not to Sign: What Makes the DifferenceVis-a-vis Access Copyright?Margaret Ann WilkinsonWestern University, mawilk@uwo.caRob TiessenUniversity of CalgaryFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/lawpresPart of the Intellectual Property Law CommonsCitation of this paper:Wilkinson, Margaret Ann and Tiessen, Rob, "To Sign or Not to Sign: What Makes the Difference Vis-a-vis Access Copyright?" (2014).Law Presentations. 6.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/lawpres/6p.#1#To#Sign#or#Not#to#Sign:#What#Makes#the#Diﬀerence#Vis:à:vis#Access#Copyright?# Rob Tiessen, tiessen@ucalgary.ca Margaret Ann Wilkinson, mawilk@uwo.ca (with research assistance from Western Law Student Janice Calzavara)  Supported by CLA Library Research & Development Grant CLA,#Thursday#May#29,#2014;#Victoria.#p.#2#This#PresentaKon#is#brought#to#you#by:##the#leNer##©!CLA Copyright Committee author(s) -- peer-reviewed by the CLA Copyright Committee (general column editor, M.A. Wilkinson): •  Jeannie Bail & Brent Roe, “Copyright and the Trans-Pacific Partnership”  October 2013 •  Rob Tiessen, “The Definition of “Commercially Available”    December 2013 •  John Tooth, “Copyright for Schools and School Libraries”    February 2014 •  Christina Winter & Sam Cheng, “Copyright Skills in Academic Libraries”  April 2014 •  Margaret Ann Wilkinson, “Copyright Users’ Rights in International Law”  June 2014 Each#Feliciter!issue:#Copyright#Column#p.#3#Changing#Copyright#Environment#for#Canadian#Academic#Libraries!•  Copyright Modernization Act –  Expanded categories for Fair Dealing include “education” (s.29) •  Decisions of the Supreme Court –  on law as it was before the Copyright Modernization Act,  –  confirm and  interpretations of Fair Dealing begun in 2004 by Supreme Court in CCH v Law Society case about Great Library •  Access Copyright targets academic institutions outside Quebec in Tariff Application to Copyright Board of Canada p.#4#How#have#Canada’s#academic#insKtuKons#responded#and#where#might#the#future#take#us?!•  What characteristics of academic institutions or their libraries have played demonstrable roles in the ways these institutions have so far responded to the changing environment? •  Should we expect all academic institutions to respond in the same way to the changing environment? •  Can past experience guide future decision-making in this area? p.#5#Traditional Centres of Concentration of Intellectual Property Expertise in Canada!<Toronto'O)awa>' <Montreal'p.#6#Collective Institutional Leadership !ACCC •  1994-95.  ACCC members used the AUCC licence.  •  2004.  First ACCC negotiated licence. •  2010 Licence renegotiations fail.  AC files for tariff.   •  May 2012. New model licence negotiated.   •  October 2013.  Withdraws from tariff hearings.   AUCC •  1994 Negotiated the original Model Licence with CANCOPY (Access Copyright) •  2010 Licence renegotiations fail.  AC files for tariff. •  April 2012.  New model licence negotiated. •  April 2012.  Withdraws from tariff hearings.   p.#7#InsKtuKonal#Governance#Colleges'•  Ontario’s#colleges,#for#example,#founded#under#public#statute,#not#fully#self:governing#•  Manitoba,#Alberta,#BC#&#Nova#ScoKa,#for#example,#have#legislaKon#similar#to#that#in#Ontario.###Universi6es'•  Founded#by#individual#statutes*#•  TradiKonally#bi:parKte#decision:making#–#•  Senates#govern#academic#maNers;#Boards#of#Governors#govern#“business”#maNers**#•  *Alberta’s#universiKes#“re:founded”#under#public#statute#•  **#U#of#T#changed#to#one#Governing#Council#p.#8#Rise#of#Copyright#Oﬃcers#in#Colleges#and#UniversiKes:#•  1st#Wave#1990’s#ajer#signing#the#iniKal#CANCOPY#licence,#along#with#issues#around#public#performance#rights.##•  2nd#Wave#2010#–#2011.##Dealing#with#interim#tariﬀ#or#opKng#out.###•  3rd#Wave.#2012#–#2013.##The#new#model#licence#/opKng#out#/#preparing#for#ajer#2015####p.#9#CARL#Members#by#Province#2#2#3#1#12#6#1#1#0#1#0#0#0#p.#10#In#2012,#of#the#29#CARL#members!•  All 6 Quebec members of CARL have stayed licensed with Copibec (Access Copyright and Copibec agree that all Quebec institutions will deal through Copibec) – leaving 23. •  0 of 23 remained in the tariff process •  11 of 23 signed new licences offered by Access Copyright  •  12 of 23 opted out of dealing with Access Copyright at all (either by license or through the tariff process).   p.#11#REGION! INSTITUTION! ACTION,TAKEN! PRESS,RELEASE?!WESTERNAlberta Access©Licence YESUBC “Opt Out” YESCalgary “Opt Out” YESManitoba Access©Licence YESRegina Access©Licence NOSaskatchewan “Opt Out” YESSimon Fraser “Opt Out” YESVictoria Access©Licence YESONTARIOBrock  Access©Licence YESCarleton “Opt Out” YESMcMaster  Access©Licence YESGuelph “Opt Out” YESOttawa Access©Licence YESQueen’s “Opt Out” YESRyerson Access©Licence NOToronto Access©Licence YESWaterloo “Opt Out” YES but no reasonsWestern Access©Licence YESWindsor “Opt Out” YESYork “Opt Out” YESQUEBECConcordia Licence with Copibecn/aLavalMcGillMontrealUQAMSherbrookeATLANTIC Dalhousie Access©Licence YESMemorial “Opt Out” YESNew Brunswick “Opt Out” YESp.#12#Changes#in#2013#not#reﬂected#in#previous#chart#and#not#part#of#this#study,#which#focuses#on#2012#acKons#:#!•  The#Toronto/Western#Licence#expired#on#December#31,#2013.##•  NegoKaKons#for#a#new#Toronto/Western#licence#broke#down#on#December#13,#2013.#•  Western#and#Toronto#subsequently#chose#not#to#renew#their#licenses#with#Access#Copyright#(becoming#“opt#out”).# p.#13#What The Press Releases Said in 2012 “OPT'OUT”' #'PR'men6ons' Access'Copyright'Licence' #'PR'men6ons'LEGAL'EXTERNALITIES'Copyright#compliance#system# 4# Copyright#compliance# 3#Changing#legal#situaKon# 3# No#real#changes#in#legal#system##1#Insuﬃcient#legal#protecKon# 1# Legal#protecKon# 5#Fair#dealing#&#other#excepKons# 1# Rights#beyond#Fair#dealing/#digital#rights# 2#FISCAL'MANAGEMENT'DuplicaKng#exisKng#licenses# 6# Cost#certainty# 4#Cost:beneﬁt#raKo/aﬀordability# 5# Buying#Kme#to#develop#copyright#compliance#system#4#Open#Access# 3# Heavy#user#of#coursepacks# 1#RetroacKve#payments# 1#ACADEMIC'ISSUES'Academic#freedom# 2# ProtecKon#of#Academic#freedom#&#privacy# 2#Feedback#from#community# 2#p.#14#Who Made the Decision ?!DecisionKMaker, '#'of'Ins6tu6ons, Decision, Ins6tu6on(s),PROVOST! 14! 7#License/##7#Opt#Out! U#of#A,#UBC,#U#of#C,#Reg,#Brock,#Carle,#Queens,#U#of#T,#Waterloo,#UWO,#Wind,#York,#Dal,#Mem!PROVOST#+#PRES! 2! License/Opt#Out! Mac,#Guelph!PROVOST#+#VP#Finance! 1! Opt#Out! Sask!PROVOST#+#Univ#Librn! 1! License! Vict!VP#Admin! 1! License! Man!ADMIN#or#EXEC#CommiNee! 2! Opt#Out/License! SFU,#ONawa!Board#of#Governors! 1! Opt#Out! UNB!No#public#data! 1! License! Ryerson!Source:#Retrieved#from#individual#searched#of#publically#available#university#governance#materials#(e.g.#Senate#Minutes)#p.#15#Characteristics of Sole Decision-Makers !Decision'' Time'in'Role' ED'Background' Gender'' Ins6tu6on'#License##9! Soc#Sci! M! Alberta!1! Arts#/#Hum! M! Regina!3! Soc#Sci! M! Brock!1! Soc#Sci! M! Queens!3! Arts#/#Hum! F! Toronto!2! Science! F! Western!1! Science! F! Dalhousie!9! Science! F! MANITOBA#*!“Opt#Out”#5! Science! M! UBC!1! Science! F! Calgary!3! Soc#Sci! M! Carleton!5! Science! M! Waterloo!2! Arts#/#Hum! M! Windsor!3! Soc#Sci! M! York!0! Science! M! Memorial!4! Science! M! UNB! Source:#Publically#Available#Data#(e.g.#Biographies)#p.#16#Institutional Financial Characteristics (1) : Funding Support from NSERC & SSHRC!Source:#SSHRC#and#NSERC###p.#17#Institutional Financial Characteristics (2): Endowments!Note:#Data#for#4#CARL#universiKes#are#missing,#two#from#each#category###Source:#NaKonal#AssociaKon#of#College#and#University#Business#Oﬃcers#and#Commonfund#insKtute,#2013#p.#18#Institutional “Information” Characteristics (1): Size of Student Body!Source:#Publicly#Available#University#Data#p.#19#Institutional “Information” Characteristics (2): % Change in Collections Expenditures 2007 to 2011!Source:#CARL#StaKsKcs#(2013)##p.#20#Qualitative Data to Complement Quantitative Data Gathered:  Interviews!•  Interviews of Copyright Officers and University Librarians at CARL institutions across the country – both those in the sales territory of Access Copyright and those in that of Copibec.  •  Previous research shows academic libraries play the key role in educating universities about copyright (see Tony Horava, “ Copyright Communication in Canadian Academic Libraries: A National Survey,” Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 34, no. 1 (2010): 1-38, doi: 10.1353/ils.0.0002) – which identifies them as important subjects for this study looking at campus decision-making around the 2012 copyright challenges. p.#21#InsKtuKons#where#ConﬁdenKal#Interviews#Already#Completed#or#Arranged##(further#interviews#in#planning#stages)##########Ins6tu6on'Type'in'2012' Ins6tu6ons'Par6cipa6ng'So'Far:'“Opt#out”#InsKtuKons# 6#+#Access#Copyright#Licence#InsKtuKons# 6#+#Copibec#InsKtuKons# 2#+#p.#22#Thank'you!'''Ques6ons?'

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