From: Amanda Wakaruk <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:09:07 -0600
Subject: Re: Canadian copyright modernization act
It would be interesting to see evidence beyond the much-criticized PWC
report (which happens to include data series that begin in 2009,
immediately after the global financial crisis of 2008).

In addition to the blog post Rob shared earlier, I'd encourage you to
consider Meera Nair's comments on this topic, available in part, here:

Meera Nair. With due respect to PricewaterhouseCoopers. August 3, 2015.
https://fairduty.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/with-due-respect-to-pricewaterhousecoopers/

"The script remains unchanged: that existing industries are
threatened, they are endeavoring to cope with a strange new world, and
if their demands are not met then culture and attendant jobs will go
the way of the dodo bird. A modest historical exploration would
confirm that the printing press did not end the creation of literature
(or the art of calligraphy), musical composition did not stop because
of the player piano, the film industry did not collapse with the
arrival of the VCR (indeed, studios found new markets in the form of
the home-movie-collection), and digital technology has strengthened
the music industry today."

Amanda Wakaruk, MLIS, MES
Copyright Librarian, Copyright Office
Learning Services, University of Alberta
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:01 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: "Seeley, Mark (ELS-CMA)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:51:19 +0000
>
> Access Copyright (the Canadian RRO) commissioned a study by PWC in
> 2015 of the results, and have a short press release here
> http://www.accesscopyright.ca/media/94998/pwc_intropage_final.pdf
>
> The full report from PWC can be found at the International Authors
> Forum page at this link
>
> http://internationalauthors.org/pwc-reports-harm-of-copyright-exception
>
> In addition to license revenues to publishers and authors declining
> precipitously, also reports of book distributors and local publishing
> operations in Canada shut down as a result.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Seeley, Senior Vice President & General Counsel
> Elsevier
> (: Direct: +1 (781) 663-2241; Mobile: +1 (781) 354-4429
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>
> Internal Elsevier Legal department intranet site:
> http://nonsolus/legaldepartment/
> External information at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home
>
>
>
> 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