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1. Geoffrey Rockwell says:

   September 22, 2008 at 12:00 am

   IP of theses
   I think graduate students should be concerned about Theses Canada that asks them to sign a license that includes the following language when they deposit a copy of their theses (as most universities require them to):
   ——–start quote
   [I] hereby grant a non-exclusive, for the full term of copyright protection, royalty free license to Library and Archives Canada:

   (a) to reproduce, publish, archive, preserve, conserve, communicate to the public by telecommunication or on the Internet, loan, distribute and sell my thesis (the title of which is set forth above) worldwide, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, in microform, paper, electronic and/or any other formats;

   (b) to authorize, sub-license, sub-contract or procure any of the acts mentioned in paragraph (a).
   (See [ link ] – the License is a link at the end)
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   Would we faculty sign such licenses, even if non-exclusive? Are graduate students not concerned about this?