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II!thisarticle,theauthormakesanumberofpointedcriticismsoftheactivitiesandoperationsofCanCopy,which
is
thesolecopyrightcollectivetorepresentEnglish-languagepublishersandauthorsinCanada.Theauthornotesthatprofessors,graduatestudentsandothers,whocreatelargenumbersofthepublicationsused
ill
collegesanduniversities,receivelittle
ill
thewayofcompensationfromCanCopy.Toremedythesituation,itissuggestedthatacademicsinEnglishCanadashouldtakestepstowardestablishingasecondreprographycollective
to
competewithCanCopy.Danscetarticle,
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encontredesactivitesetdesoperationsdeContlopy,quiestfaseulesocietedegestioncollectivedudroitd'auteur
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allCanada,
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diplomisetd'autresintervenants,quicreentunnombreimportantdepublica-tionsutiliseesdanslescollegesetlesuniversites,recoiventpeuderedevancesde
10
partdeCanCopy,Pourcorrigercettesituation,
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matierederepro-graphiepourconcurrencerCanCopy.
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1999HowardP.Knopf.Mr.KnopfisCounseltoShapiro,CohenofOttawa,Canada.Theviewsexpressedhereindonotnecessarilyreflectthoseofanyofhisclientsorhisfirm.ThispaperwasoriginallypresentedinEnglishattheCanadianAssociationofLawTeachersconferenceinSherbrooke,QuebeconJune3,1999aspartoftheannualCongressoftheSocialSciencesandHumanitiesandwasfirstPublishedinSeptember,1999inthejournal
Cahiersdepropriaeintellectuelle.
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