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Canada’s Crown Copyright: Outdated and unnecessary
2018-10-02
This article originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of Open Shelf magazine. Open Shelf is the official magazine of the Ontario Library Association, published for members and the larger community as a continuing education service to provide information about trends and issues affecting the...
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2016-02-24
Despite Government of Canada commitments to Open Government initiatives, Section 12 of the Copyright Act specifies that any work prepared or published by the Canadian government is subject to crown copyright. This means that substantial reproduction of government information beyond fair dealing...
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Could it be a case of the emperor’s new clothes? Crown copyright and Canada’s commitment to open government
Download2016-12-09
This conference presentation provided an introduction to Crown copyright in Canada and addressed the advantages and disadvantages of keeping government information out of the public domain. Suggestions for modifying section 12 of the Copyright Act were offered in preparation for the upcoming...
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2019-05-28
Presentation at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries conference in Edmonton, Alberta, 2019. Abstract: Section 12 of the Copyright Act is at odds with the aims of Open Government. This talk will review how Crown copyright creates unnecessary barriers to the re-use of government information...
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2014-09-30
Zvyagintseva, Lydia, Carruthers, Alexandra
This presentation explores the civic role of libraries in relation to the open data movement. Where do cities and libraries intersect? How can we support digital literacy, promote civic participation and leverage the knowledge found in our communities? We discuss two events that took place in...
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2017-06-29
Slides from a plenary presentation at the ABC Copyright Conference on June 29, 2017. Conference program abstract: Crown copyright has been flagged for review by Canadian copyright stakeholders including federal departments and parliaments for more than thirty years. In that time, our federal...
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2024-06-20
Amanda Wakaruk, Jennifer Zerkee
Slides from a presentation at ABC Copyright 2024, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Presentation Abstract: Reproducing and sharing government publications shouldn’t cause legal chill, but we know that it does. What are your library’s legal rights and how should you navigate Crown copyright controls when...
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The Closed Door of Open Government: Creative Commons as a remedy for Crown copyright barriers
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Presentation at Creative Commons Summit 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Program Abstract: The closed door of open government: Creative Commons as a remedy for Crown copyright barriers Open licensing of government publications is a laudable goal, but is rarely achieved in Canada. As a result, many...