Seeing no follow-through on the Canadian government’s promise to review the Copyright Modernization Act, a coalition asks for a meeting.
Canada: A Nationwide Coalition Demands a Copyright Fix
‘Canada is an international embarrassment’: A consortium of English- and French-language copyright advocates take the fight to Parliament Hill.
Rights Edition: Canada’s Crisis Triggers Downsizing at Access Copyright
A new level of Canada’s copyright emergency: ‘The hollowing out of Access Copyright,’ has caused a 79-percent loss to rights holders.
Canadian Publishing Hails Ottawa’s Copyright Commitment
After a decade of wrenching struggle, Canada’s new federal budget specifically promises relief for beleaguered, unpaid copyright holders.
IPA Announces a Digital ‘Inspire’ Symposium on Coordinated Action
The International Publishers Association’s ‘Inspire’ program presents findings from its series of industry workshops.
Canada’s 10-Year Publishing Crisis: ‘This Broken Copyright Framework’
After years in the court system trying to regain copyright revenue for educational content, Canada’s publishers and authors look to Parliament.
UK: Gaiman, Atwood Headline Society of Authors Fundraiser Lineup
With events set to run into December, the program is offering tickets for its first three weeks to benefit the Authors’ Contingency Fund.
‘Fix Our Marketplace,’ Canadian Publishers Tell Parliament in Copyright Act Hearings
‘My colleagues and I are suffering real-time damage triggered by this act.’ Glenn Rollans and Kate Edwards of the Association of Canadian Publishers, along with John Degen of the Writers’ Union, testify in hearings on the Copyright Modernization Act.