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INTELLECTUALPROPERTYJOURNAL
Revuedeproprieteintellectuelle
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CopyrightCollectivityintheCanadian
AcademicCommunity:"
AnAlternativetotheStatusQ
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HowardP.Knopf
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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diplomisetd'autresintervenants,quicreentunnombreimportantdepublica-tionsutiliseesdanslescollegesetlesuniversites,recoiventpeuderedevancesde
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partdeCanCopy,Pourcorrigercettesituation,
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auteursuggerequelacommunauteuniversitaireduCanadaanglaisprennedesmesuresenvued'etablir
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matierederepro-graphiepourconcurrencerCanCopy.
©
1999HowardP.Knopf.Mr.KnopfisCounseltoShapiro,CohenofOttawa,Canada.Theviewsexpressedhereindonotnecessarilyreflectthoseofanyofhisclientsorhisfirm.ThispaperwasoriginallypresentedinEnglishattheCanadianAssociationofLawTeachersconferenceinSherbrooke,QuebeconJune3,1999aspartoftheannualCongressoftheSocialSciencesandHumanitiesandwasfirstPublishedinSeptember,1999inthejournal
Cahiersdepropriaeintellectuelle.
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110INTELLECTUALPROPERTYJOURNAL,14I.PJ.,December
19991
CONTENTS
1.INTRODUCTION.................................................1102.BACKGROUND__1123.THE1988COPYRIGHTAMENDMENTS............................1154.THE1997BILLC-32AMENDMENTS_..........liS5.THESUCCESSFULPOLITICSOFCOLLECTIVEMOVEMENT........II?6.THEESSENCEOFTHEBARGAINWITHCANCOPY...............1197.LEGALQUESTIONSCONCERNINGTHECANCOPYSCHEME.......1208.LEGALCHALLENGESTOCANCOPY_.......1229.ESTABLISHINGACOMPETINGCOLLECTIVE......................123(a)TheOption................................................124(b)Analysis..................................................12S(c)ANewCollective?127(d)CanTwoCollectivesCo-Exist?...............................129(e)FormofNewCollective.....................................13010.CANADIANNON-COPYRIGHTPRECEDENTS......................13011.FINANCINGOFANEWCOLLECTIVE............13012.ADMINISTRATION,FACULTYCENTREDORINDEPENDENTCOLLECTIVE?...................................................13113.CASHFLOWS,.............................13114.CONCLUSION132IS.APPENDIX1.....................................................132(a)The"Outsider"Problem............................132(b)BillC-32andtheOutsiderProblem............................137
1.
INTRODUCTION
FewCanadianacademicsexpect,oractuallyeverreceive,anyremunerationforthephotocopyingoftheirscholarlyworks.However,quiteapartfromallofthemoneyspentatthepostsecondarylevelbyinstitutions,facultyandstudentsinCanadafortextbooks,journals,databases,libraryacquisitions,subscriptions,computersoftwareandthecountlessotherproductsthatembodyintellectualproperty,theCanadianpostsecondarysysteminEnglishCanadaaloneiscurrentlypayingabout$5.5millionayeartoasmallbutrichorganization
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