From: Dominic Benson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 10:34:07 +0100

A colleague pointed out this article on the deal:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120501/21102718735/did-one-sided-legal-advice-lead-to-terrible-copyright-deal-canadian-universities.shtml

Regards

Dom Benson
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e-library @ brunel.ac.uk
Electronic Resources Librarian
Brunel University Library, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Waller <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:43:37 -0600

Heather's points are spot on.  My fear is that, now that a model
license has been negotiated between AUCC and Access Copyright and also
because the University of Toronto and Western University (formerly the
University of Western Ontario) signed separate agreements with
(capitulated to) Access Copyright earlier this year, most Canadian
institutions will sign the new agreement.

Andrew

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Andrew Waller
Licensing and Negotiation Librarian (Collections)
Open Access Librarian (Centre for Scholarly Communication)
Libraries and Cultural Resources
University of Calgary


-----Original Message-----
From: Heather Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:35:03 -0700

Thanks to the pointer, Sean.

The Canadian Association of University Teachers points to the numerous
problems with this model license.
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=1079&lang=1

Highlights:

Fees - we should be looking for decreases, not steep increases.

The definition of linking as copying should concern us all. As CAUT
points out, it is inexplicable that AUCC signed this.

Paying for existing rights - this license requires payment for
existing rights under fair dealing, as well as rights that we have
paid for through our electronic licenses.

Surveillance: "the survey instruments will require intrusive
monitoring of professors, librarians, researchers and students."

Comments: Canadian universities should not sign this license.
Advocates of fair copyright in other countries can help us out by
pointing out how foolish it is to sign.

best,

Heather Morrison
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com