Title: Interlibrary Loan and Controlled Digital Lending

*Updated: December 2023
Extension to Copyright Term in Canada
Effective December 30, 2022, the general term of copyright protection in Canada was extended by 20 years. The term of copyright protection was changed from life of the author plus 50 years ("Life + 50") to Life + 70. This 20-year extension does not apply retroactively to works already in the public domain in 2022.

Learning Objectives:

- Understand what interlibrary loan (ILL) is and how you can use it
- Recognize the legal aspects of copying for ILL
- Explain the relationship between ILL and CDL from a copyright perspective
- Articulate the reasoning behind the loan to own ratio in CDL

CDL Lawsuit: Hachette v. Internet Archive
In 2020, Hachette Book Group, et al, sued the Internet Archive (IA) alleging that IA had infringed copyright by making 127 of their works available online through CDL. In March 2023, the district court ruled against IA. IA has appealed the ruling, and it should be noted that the interim injunction pending appeal (Consent Judgment, August 2023) requires only the removal from CDL circulation those works for which digital versions are commercially available from the publisher/rightsholder.

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Credits: Interlibrary Loan and Controlled Digital Lending; by University of Alberta; 2019; licence CC BY 4.0