The Canadian Library Association represents thousands of Canadian librarians and hundreds of libraries from across the country. Its position on the C-11 digital lock rules weave together the overreach of provisions and the inadequacy of the exceptions: The prohibitions on the circumvention of digital locks in Bill C-32 exceed Canada’s […]
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CLA Releases Briefing Paper on C-61
Sam Trosow notes that the Canadian Library Association has released Unlocking the Public Interest, a briefing paper on C-61.
CLA Adopts Open Access Policy
Heather Morrison has the details.
Canada’s Library Community Speaks Out on Copyright
The Canadian Library Association is meeting this week in Ottawa and the association is marking the occasion by releasing a public letter to Ministers Bernier and Oda on copyright reform. Representing 57,000 library staff and thousands of libraries, the CLA recommends "caution and reflection". Should the government move on copyright, […]
Canadian Library Association Endorses Open Access
As the Canadian government introduces copyright legislation this week that will ultimately limit access to information, Peter Suber's spectacular Open Access News notes that this weekend the Canadian Library Association provided an important step in the right direction by endorsing a resolution on open access. The full resolution reads as follows:
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