Access Copyright

The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (formerly Cancopy), operating as Access Copyright is a Canadian not-for-profit copyright collective. It collects revenues from licensed Canadian businesses, government, schools, libraries, and other copyright users for the photocopying of print works and distributes those monies to the rightsholders, such as publishers and authors from Canada and around the world.

Access Copyright covers works published in Australia, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

University model licence

When universities sign on to a licence with Access Copyright (negotiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) or the Association of Canadian Community Colleges), their professors and students are given permission to do certain copying of copyrighted works. The university is generally charged a base rate per full-time student for this licence, usually passed down to students in the form of mandatory fees. 2011 AUCC model licence A new model, negotiated by AUCC in 2011, would see universities pay a rate of $26 per full-time student. The old agreement, which expired in 2010, charged only $3.38 plus an additional 10 cents per page coursepacks, photocopied compilations of readings designed by instructors and sold to students.<ref name="OC">Ottawa universities mulling over controversial new copyright agreement Template:Webarchive, Ottawa Citizen, 3 June 2012</ref> Moreover, additional stipulations would proscribe faculty and students from keeping copies of journal articles in personal libraries, or on personal computers or email accounts.<ref name = "OC"/>

These changes have proved controversial, and numerous universities have opted out of the deal. {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=Template:AmboxTemplate:Main other }} Universities that have opted out: Template:Div col

• Athabasca University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Brock University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carleton University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• MacEwan University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• McMaster University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Memorial University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mount Allison University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mount Royal University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Queen's University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson Univ.)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Alberta<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of British Columbia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Calgary<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of New Brunswick
• University of Ottawa<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Saskatchewan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Toronto<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Victoria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Manitoba<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Northern British Columbia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Waterloo<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Western Ontario<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Windsor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• University of Winnipeg<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• York University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Controversy

In 2012, Access Copyright started charging universities for e-mailing links to copyrighted information, even in cases where there was no copyrighted material present. They charge a full price for each link e-mailed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In late 2019, Access Copyright obtained a court order requiring 300 schools across Canada to supply handouts and lesson plans from the last seven years. The demand, intended to find use of copyright material, was described as a "logistical nightmare."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Copyright Clearance Center
• Captain Copyright
• Alberta (Education) v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright)

External links

• Access Copyright website