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Western & U of T sign deal

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Sadly, it is true. Our faculty union is asking Memorial not to jump on this bandwagon.
 
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This story has legs... what the heck were the administrators who signed this deal thinking?

Canadian universities sign bone-stupid copyright deal with collecting society: emailing a link is the same as making a photocopy, faculty email to be surveilled


“These two universities threw in the towel on the copyright battle prematurely,” said Turk. “We call on other post-secondary institutions not to follow Toronto’s and Western Ontario’s example of capitulating to Access Copyright. It‘s time to stand up for the right to fair and reasonable access to copyrighted works for educational purposes”.
(BoingBoing)
 
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