Model Policy on Copyright for Libraries
CLA Copyright Grassroots Advocacy Kit
CLA Copyright Statements
Copyright Law, Recent Copyright Bills and some recent Case Law
International Copyright Treaties and Interpretations
Recent Access Copyright Tariffs, Tariff Applications and Court Cases Related to Access Copyright Tariffs
Collective and Performing Rights Societies
CLA Copyright Columns from Feliciter Magazine
Model Policy on Copyright for Libraries
Model Policy (updated January 2013)
Poster for Copiers
CLA Copyright Grassroots Advocacy Kit
Toolkit l January 2012 (PDF 1.39 MB)
Toolkit | October 2010 (PDF 2.3 MB)
CLA Copyright Statements
From 2016
Canadian Libraries’ Response to Chapter 18 of the Trans-‐Pacific Partnership Agreement (February, 2016, PDF)
Réponse des bibliothèques du Canada au chapitre 18 de l’Accord sur le partenariat transpacifique (Février, 2016, PDF)
From 2014
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS – 28th Session: Geneva, July 2, 2014
- CLA WIPO Statement: Limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives (PDF)
- IFLA WIPO Message Overview – Letter for Associations (PDF)
Canadian Library Association Signs Letter Opposing the Use of TPP Negotiations (Trans-Pacific Partnerships) as Backdoor to Changing Canada’s Copyright Laws. (July, 2014, PDF)
CLA recommendations on Changes to Crown Copyright and Licensing (Jan. 2014, PDF)
MP’s Response to CLA Recommendations on Crown Copyright and Licensing (Jan. 2014, PDF)
From 2013
CLA statement on Access Copyright lawsuit against York University (May 2013, PDF)
From 2012
IFLA-EIFL-CLA Statement on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at SCCR 25 (November 2012, PDF, 168 KB)
WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (16-25 July 2012)
- CLA Statement on Education (orally presented 19 July 2012) (PDF, 100 KB)
- CLA first Statement on a treaty for Visually Impaired People (orally presented 21 July 2012) (PDF, 100 KB)
- CLA second Statement on a treaty for Visually Impaired People (orally presented 25 July 2012) (PDF, 100 KB)
CLA Statement on Licenses with Access Copyright in Post-Secondary Institutions (June 2012, PDF 253 KB)
CLA response to government consultation on WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (June 2012, PDF 328 KB)
CLA comments on potential intellectual property aspects of the Trans Pacific Partnership (February 2012, PDF 53 KB)
CLA proposed technical amendment to Bill C-11 (February 2012, PDF 140 KB)
Amendements techniques proposés par l’ACB au projet de loi C-11 (February 2012, PDF 150 KB)
From 2011
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (21 November 2011 – 02 December 2011)
- Limitations and Exceptions for the protection of Broadcast Organizations Intervention by the Canadian Library Association
- Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually Impaired Intervention by the Canadian Library Association
- 23rd Session: Geneva, 21 November 2011 – 02 December 2011
- CLA Statement to WIPO SCCR 23 (21 November 2011)
Canadian Library Association Says Copyright Legislation “Almost There”.
CLA Op-Ed in The Hill Times (10, February 2011)
From 2010
Joint press release: WIPO library and archives copyright exceptions (19, November 2010)
CLA statement to WIPO SCCR 21 (16, November 2010)
CLA Objection to the Access Copyright Post Secondary Tariff
From 2009
Notes from CLA’s presentation to the Calgary Roundtable on Copyright Reform
From 2008
CLA releases Briefing Note on Bill C-61, Unlocking the Public Interest
CLA Press release on Bill C-61
Brief to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Brief to the House of Commons Industry Committee
CLA Work on Copyright before 2008
Copyright Letter to Ministers Verner, Prentice (September 25, 2007)
Copyright Resolution at the 2007 Annual General Meeting (May 26, 2007)
Response to CLA Open letter to Access Copyright Regarding Captain Copyright of July 28, 2006 (August 9, 2006)
CLA Open Letter to Access Copyright Regarding Captain Copyright (July 28, 2006)
Letter to the Minister of Industry & Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women Regarding Copyright Legislation (June 8, 2006)
Protecting the Public Interest: Information for the Canadian library and information community on Bill C-60 (Canadian Library Association, January 2006) CLA’s position on Bill C-60
Stephen Abram’s letter to the Ministers of Industry and Canadian Heritage (April 21, 2005)
CLA Submission to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on the Section 92 Review of the Copyright Act (September 2003)
Copyright Protection in Unpublished Works: Final Report (April 23, 2002) – Wanda Noel
This report was endorsed by the Canadian Library Association.
Public Access to Information Threatened by Copyright Inaction (July 19, 2001)
Discussion Paper on Digital Copyright Issues (June 2001)
The Copyright Forum, including the Canadian Library Association.
Regulations Related to Bill C-32 Library Exceptions and Parallel Importation (June 22, 1997)
Position Statements: Copyright (November 5, 1995)
Position Statements: Buying Around (June 15, 1978)
Copyright Law, Recent Copyright Bills and some recent Case Law
The Copyright Act:
Bill C-32 first reading June 2, 2010
Bill C-61 first reading June 12, 2008
Dies on the order paper, September 7, 2008.
Bill C-60 first reading June 20, 2005
Dies on the order paper, November 29, 2005
Recent Case Law
Supreme Court ruling on CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada (March 2004).
Robertson v. Thomson Corp., 2006 SCC 43
Theberge v. Galerie d’Art du Petit Champlain inc., 2002 SCC 34
International Copyright Treaties and Interpretations
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
World Intellectual Property Organization - Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works,
Paris Act of July 24, 1971. As Amended on September 28, 1979.
World Intellectual Property Organization - Universal Copyright Convention as Revised at Paris on 24 July 1971
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) Homepage
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Legal Opinion on National Reservations to the MAI
by Barry Appleton LL.B, L.L.M, Appleton & Associates (1997).
Is the WTO/TRIPS Agreement User-Friendly? - Prepared by Myra J. Tawfik January 30, 2005
Final Report to the International Trade Treaties Committee of the Canadian Library Association - An Assessment of the Impact of the General Agreement on Trade and Services on Policy, Programs and Law Concerning Public Sector Libraries
Steven Shrybman May 2001
Prepared for the CLA, CAUT, CARL, OLA, SLA, MLA, BCLA, LAA, NLC and Industry Canada
Recent Access Copyright Tariffs, Tariff Applications and Court Cases Related to Access Copyright Tariffs
Access Copyright
- K 12 Copyright Board of Canada Tariff Decision. June 26, 2009
- Alberta vs. The Canadian Copyright Licencing Agency. July 23, 2010
- Access Copyright’s Post Secondary Tariff Application. June 12, 2010
- AUCC Model License with Access Copyright which expired August 31, 2010.
Collective and Performing Rights Societies
- Access Copyright (formerly Cancopy)
- Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Limited (CMRRA)
- Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC)
- Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
- Playwrights Guild of Canada (PUC)
- Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
- Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (COPIBEC) English and French sites
CLA Copyright Columns from Feliciter Magazine
- Copyright and the Trans- Pacific Partnership – Jeannie Bail & Brent Roe 2013/5/Feliciter5_Vol59_FINAL.pdf
- The Definition of “Commercially Available” – Rob Tiessen feliciter/2013/6/mobile/index.html#link-tiessen
- Copyright for Schools and School Libraries – John Tooth feliciter/2014/1/mobile/#tooth
- Copyright Skills in Academic Libraries – Sam Cheng & Christina Winter feliciter/2014/2/mobile/#cheng1
- Understanding “Large and Liberal” in the Context of Higher Education – Robert Glushko, Rumi Graham, Ann Ludbrook and Heather Martin feliciter/2014/4/#copy
- The Librarian’s Role in the Interpretation of Copyright Law: Acting in the Public Interest by Victoria Owen feliciter/2014/5/#copy
- Copyright Users’ Rights in International Law – Margaret Ann Wilkinson feliciter/2014/3/mobile/ (pages 7-13)
- Copyright and the Canadian For-Profit Library -Carolyn Soltau and Adam Farrell