Recent Copyright Changes: How Do They Affect You?

1. SIAST Copyright Office 17/Oct/2012
SCC Fair Dealing Decisions
Recent Copyright Changes — Case most important to education:
How do they affect you?
? Alberta (CMEC) v. Access Copyright
October 2012 http://scc.lexum.org/en/2012/2012scc37/2012scc37.html
— Decisions relied on C-42, not C-11
— ACCC released new fair dealing
guidelines in August 2012
Nancy Pardoe
Recent Copyright Changes CMEC v. AC: Background
— Fair Dealing — K-12 Access Copyright tariff (2005-2009)
? “the use of a copyright-protected work certified by the Copyright Board in 2009
without permission or payment” — Survey of photocopying: category 4
? Supreme Court of Canada: Five cases related copies (teacher initiated copies) are not
to the application of fair dealing considered fair dealing
? Decisions released July 2012
— Federal Court of Appeal: Board’s decision
— Copyright Modernization Act (C-11) was “reasonable”
? Royal Assent: June 29, 2012
— Supreme Court: Board misapplied the
? Not proclaimed “in force” yet
CCH fair dealing factors

2. SIAST Copyright Office 17/Oct/2012
Fair Dealing Analysis (CCH)
Step One: Is the purpose of the dealing one
of the purposes enumerated in the Act?
Step Two: Analysis – Is the dealing fair?
1. Predominant / real purpose
2. Character of the dealing
3. Amount taken
4. Available alternatives
5. Nature of the work
6. Effect of the dealing on the work
Copyright Board Analysis (2009)
Category 4 copies are not fair dealing:
1. Real purpose is instruction, not research.
2. Multiple copies made for third parties at their
request is fair dealing.
3. Total amount of copying must be assessed,
not the amount taken from one work.
4. Schools can purchase textbooks.
5. No existing policy / practice to restrict access.
6. The decline in textbook sales can be linked to
photocopying excerpts.
Supreme Court Analysis (2012)
1. User’s purpose is most relevant, not the
copier’s purpose.
2. ---
3. Amount must be analyzed using an individual
work, not the aggregate.
4. Buying books not a realistic alternative to
copying short excerpts.
5. ---
6. No evidence linking photocopying and decline
in sales.

3. SIAST Copyright Office 17/Oct/2012
SIAST Policy & Guidelines
— “Use of Copyrighted Materials” Policy
? A-1.24 (August 2010)
— Copying Guidelines
? mySIAST, Faculty Page, POP Manual, section 10.2
— Fair Dealing Guidelines
? mySIAST, Faculty Page, POP Manual, section 10.3
— Copyright Office web site
? http://www2. siast.sk.ca/departments/copyright/index.htm
SIAST Fair Dealing Guidelines
— Copies must be for a — Avoid cumulative
fair dealing purpose copying
— From a lawful copy — Should not substitute
— Single copy for purchasing
— Smaller amounts more materials
fair: suggested — Include attribution and
percentages notice
— Limit the distribution — Any fees charged
relate to the actual
cost
— Refer copying outside
these guidelines
Current Use of 3 rd -party works
— Few restrictions: — Fair dealing applies in most
? Public domain situations:
? Links ? E-reserves (within guidelines)
? Quotes ? Classroom projection of
presentations
? Distribution of presentations
(remove 3rd party content)
? Classroom projection of
streaming video
? One-time classroom
distribution

4. SIAST Copyright Office 17/Oct/2012
Current Use of 3rd-Party works
3rd-
— Licensed material / — Need permission:
Terms of use ? Repeated distribution of
? Library databases classroom handouts
? Instructional resources ? Inclusion in print or
from publishers digital course packs
? Creative Commons / ? “All rights reserved ”
Open Source material material on the Internet
? Provincial & federal
government works on web
sites
? Classroom showing of
feature films
Use of Copyrighted Materials
Permission /
Licenses Fair Dealing Public Domain /
Required Insubstantial
Copyright Office
— Copyright Office web site
? http://www2. siast.sk.ca/departments/copyright/index.h tm
? Contact Us page
— Copyright compliance questions – contact
a copyright consultant
— Central filing of permissions
documentation
? Copyright Assistant (Woodland)
— Development of internal pages
? http://programs.siast.sk.ca/copyright/resources.htm