Evaluation on the Resource I Shared: Clearing Up the Copyright Confusion: Fair Dealing and Bill C-32 - Michael Geist - 1 views

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  #1 siyuwang on 04 Dec 14

   

  In this article, the author provides an great explanation of the fair dealing and copyright issue in Canada, and clear up some confusions on this issue, especially the Bill C-32 Act. According to the author, fair dealing play a significant role in promoting the openness of knowledge in Canada. It allows users to use a work without permission if the user engage in certain activities. If the use falls into categories of research, private study, news reporting, criticism and review, the user only needs to refer to the author of the work, and Bill C-32 introduces three new categories to fair dealing including parody, satire and education. However, the author mentioned that the inclusion of the purpose of education into fair dealing doesn't really save money for schools and institutions, and they still need to spend over a billion dollars each year on books and hundreds of millions of dollars on licensing for access to databases. I agree with this as I can see there are millions of publications in my university's database that allows all the students to access for free. Moreover, since nowadays, education takes various form, including the use of Internet, online course, and social media to educate, which is not limited to a lecture or in-class format. I think it's becoming increasingly hard to define whether the use of a work falls in the category of education in fair dealing.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this article, the author provides an great explanation of the fair dealing and copyright issue in Canada, and clear up some confusions on this issue, especially the Bill C-32 Act. According to the author, fair dealing play a significant role in promoting the openness of knowledge in Canada. It allows users to use a work without permission if the user engage in certain activities. If the use falls into categories of research, private study, news reporting, criticism and review, the user only needs to refer to the author of the work, and Bill C-32 introduces three new categories to fair dealing including parody, satire and education. However, the author mentioned that the inclusion of the purpose of education into fair dealing doesn't really save money for schools and institutions, and they still need to spend over a billion dollars each year on books and hundreds of millions of dollars on licensing for access to databases. I agree with this as I can see there are millions of publications in my university's database that allows all the students to access for free. Moreover, since nowadays, education takes various form, including the use of Internet, online course, and social media to educate, which is not limited to a lecture or in-class format. I think it's becoming increasingly hard to define whether the use of a work falls in the category of education in fair dealing.</div>

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