Similar but not the Same: Canadian and US Copyright Law
RUSA Members can register for $46.61, and Core Members can register for $57.67
Canadian and US Copyright laws are similar but not the same. Both countries are signatory to major international copyright treaties that provide minimum standards for national copyright law. The USMCA, a trade treaty, brings the two laws even closer together. We will cover both the similarities and the differences in the two countries approach to copyright.
By the end of this webinar, the participants will be able to:
- Identify the biggest difference for educational institutions between US fair use and Canadian fair dealing
- Learn the warning signs that show that a publisher or aggregator is trying to insert US copyright into a license
- Name two differences between US & Canadian copyright
The presenter, Robert Tiessen is a Collections Librarian within the University of Calgary Libraries & Cultural Resources. He has worked at the University of Calgary Library in various roles since 1999 after moving back to Canada from working as a librarian in Montana and Ohio. His interest was sparked in copyright after wondering why the copyright rules were so different between Canada and the US. He is a member of the Canadian Federation of Library Association's Copyright Working Group.
Presented in partnership between Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures and Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) This webinar is for any librarians interested in copyright. A comparison is especially interesting for librarians involved in interlibrary loan and in license negotiation.
This webinar will be offered via Zoom. Speakers or a headset for listening to the presentation are required. Closed captioning is available in the Zoom platform. You may interact with the presenter and ask questions through text-based chat. The webinar will be recorded and the link to the recording shared with registrants shortly after the live event.