From: "Jean-Claude Guédon" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:35:19 -0400

This article is not terribly surprising. In fact, the reverse would
have been amazing. Nicole Saint-jean is the very militant president of
the Association Nationale des Éditeurs de Livres (National Association
of Book Editors) in Québec. They have fought the extensions of Fair
dealing in Canada with teeth and nails.

As for the reaction from Mark Seely (Elsevier) quoting a report paid
for by Access Copyright, I find it quite amusing: Access Copyright "is
a collective voice of creators and publishers in Canada."
(https://www.accesscopyright.ca/about-us/). Someone from Elsevier
quoting Access Copyright is a bit like Mrs Trump quoting her husband.
Not terribly convincing, folks...

Incidentally, what these people are complaining about is essentially
Canada moving its fair deal provision closer to the US fair use
provision, particularly for the educational sector.

Jean-Claude Guédon



Le dimanche 30 octobre 2016 à 18:35 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit :
From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:30:48 -0400

I was interested to see this short article:

Canadian Copyright Modernization Act: Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold

http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/10/canadian-copyright-modernization-act-chronicle-disaster-foretold/#.WAhzuph97gE

It goes like this:  "November 7, 2017, will mark the fifth anniversary
since the Copyright Modernization Act came into force in Canada. But
the act has brought enormous disruption to the book economy, which is
based largely on the intangible capital that is copyright. For many
Canadian authors, creators, and publishers, this act has been nothing
short of a disaster."

Any folks on the list who can comment or have a perspective on the
above statement?  It certainly caught my attention.

Thank you, Ann Okerson