AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good.

RIGHTS REVERSION

A right of reversion is a contractual provision that permits authors to work with their publishers to regain some or all of the rights in their books when certain conditions are met. But authors may also be able to revert rights even if they have not met the triggering conditions in their contract, or if their contracts do not have a

reversion

AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 At Authors Alliance, we care about fair use because it helps authors meet their goals of seeing their works shared broadly, facilitating the use of copyrighted works in some circumstances for certain specific purposes such as research, commentary, and teaching. Fair use also allows authors to use existing materials to strengthen their own COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start.

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good.

RIGHTS REVERSION

A right of reversion is a contractual provision that permits authors to work with their publishers to regain some or all of the rights in their books when certain conditions are met. But authors may also be able to revert rights even if they have not met the triggering conditions in their contract, or if their contracts do not have a

reversion

AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 At Authors Alliance, we care about fair use because it helps authors meet their goals of seeing their works shared broadly, facilitating the use of copyrighted works in some circumstances for certain specific purposes such as research, commentary, and teaching. Fair use also allows authors to use existing materials to strengthen their own COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start. ABOUT US | AUTHORS ALLIANCE Our MissionOur DirectorsOur StaffOur Advisory BoardOur Founding Members Mission The mission of Authors Alliance is to advance the interests of authors who want to serve the public good by sharing their creations broadly. We create resources to help authors understand and enjoy their rights and promote policies that make knowledge and culture available and discoverable. RESOURCES | AUTHORS ALLIANCE Authors Alliance Resources. Brush up on your knowledge of copyright basics with information on topics such as copyright registration, the public domain, and orphan works so that you are ready to make your works available in the ways you want. See our Open Access resource page for an introduction to the ins and outs of open access publishing FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 At Authors Alliance, we care about fair use because it helps authors meet their goals of seeing their works shared broadly, facilitating the use of copyrighted works in some circumstances for certain specific purposes such as research, commentary, and teaching. Fair use also allows authors to use existing materials to strengthen their own UPDATE: POST-HEARING LETTER ON 1201 EXEMPTION TO ENABLE Update: Post-Hearing Letter on 1201 Exemption to Enable Text and Data Mining Research Posted May 25, 2021 TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. IMPLIED LICENSES IN COPYRIGHT LAW Authors Alliance is grateful to Jacqui Lipton for this guest post on implied licenses. Her new book, Law and Authors: A Legal Handbook for Writers, is an approachable, reader-friendly resource to help authors navigate the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic OBTAINING IMAGE PERMISSIONS FOR YOUR BOOK: AN AUTHOR'S Obtaining Image Permissions For Your Book: An Author’s Perspective. Posted August 14, 2018. We are grateful to award-winning filmmaker, author, and Authors Alliance member Lois Farfel Stark for sharing her experience of sourcing image permissions for her most recent book, The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times. INTERNATIONAL FAIR USE DEVELOPMENTS: IS FAIR USE GOING Even though these initiatives did not result in the implementation of new fair use exceptions, they show a willingness by members of parliament and law reform commissions alike to implement these exceptions. Fair use, which serves authors, creators, students, educators, and the public good, might just be going global in the

future.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA THE CANADIAN … vii STOHN HAY CAFAZZO DEMBROSKI RICHMOND LLP 133 King Street East, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1G6 Fax: (416) 961-2021 Erin Finlay Tel: 416-961-2020 ext. 242

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good. AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in

RIGHTS REVERSION

Have you written a book that has fallen out of print, or isn't selling as well as it used to? Would you like to open that content to a wider audience, perhaps by creating a digital edition, re-releasing a print edition, or making the work available under an open access license? Today, there are more options for distribution available than ever before, but many publishing contracts were written COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 “Prince Mural” by red.wolf is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This year is shaping up to be a big one for copyright: a new batch of works entered the public domain, t TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start.

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good. AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in

RIGHTS REVERSION

Have you written a book that has fallen out of print, or isn't selling as well as it used to? Would you like to open that content to a wider audience, perhaps by creating a digital edition, re-releasing a print edition, or making the work available under an open access license? Today, there are more options for distribution available than ever before, but many publishing contracts were written COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 “Prince Mural” by red.wolf is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This year is shaping up to be a big one for copyright: a new batch of works entered the public domain, t TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start. ABOUT US | AUTHORS ALLIANCE Our MissionOur DirectorsOur StaffOur Advisory BoardOur Founding Members Mission The mission of Authors Alliance is to advance the interests of authors who want to serve the public good by sharing their creations broadly. We create resources to help authors understand and enjoy their rights and promote policies that make knowledge and culture available and discoverable. RESOURCES | AUTHORS ALLIANCE Refer to our guide to Understanding Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors and related resources to understand fair use and make confident decisions when incorporating copyrighted material into your work. SPOTLIGHT ON RIGHTS REVERSION & TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash Readers familiar with Authors Alliance's work will know that we offer a suite of resources to help authors get back the rights to their works, including information on how to revert rights by exercising a contractual provision or through negotiating with a publisher and resources on how to terminate a transfer of copyrights under U.S. law. Authors who get FAIR USE IN THE COURTS IN 2021 “Prince Mural” by red.wolf is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This year is shaping up to be a big one for copyright: a new batch of works entered the public domain, t UPDATE: POST-HEARING LETTER ON 1201 EXEMPTION TO ENABLE Update: Post-Hearing Letter on 1201 Exemption to Enable Text and Data Mining Research Posted May 25, 2021 IMPLIED LICENSES IN COPYRIGHT LAW Authors Alliance is grateful to Jacqui Lipton for this guest post on implied licenses. Her new book, Law and Authors: A Legal Handbook for Writers, is an approachable, reader-friendly resource to help authors navigate the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic OBTAINING IMAGE PERMISSIONS FOR YOUR BOOK: AN AUTHOR'S We are grateful to award-winning filmmaker, author, and Authors Alliance member Lois Farfel Stark for sharing her experience of sourcing image permissions for her most recent book, The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times. Read on to learn her tips and tools for finding copyright holders and securing permission to use copyrighted images in a new work. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA THE CANADIAN … vii STOHN HAY CAFAZZO DEMBROSKI RICHMOND LLP 133 King Street East, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1G6 Fax: (416) 961-2021 Erin Finlay Tel: 416-961-2020 ext. 242

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good. SPOTLIGHT ON RIGHTS REVERSION & TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash Readers familiar with Authors Alliance's work will know that we offer a suite of resources to help authors get back the rights to their works, including information on how to revert rights by exercising a contractual provision or through negotiating with a publisher and resources on how to terminate a transfer of copyrights under U.S. law. Authors who get

RIGHTS REVERSION

A right of reversion is a contractual provision that permits authors to work with their publishers to regain some or all of the rights in their books when certain conditions are met. But authors may also be able to revert rights even if they have not met the triggering conditions in their contract, or if their contracts do not have a

reversion

AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start. FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS Common Scenarios with Guidance from Community Practice PREPARED FOR AUTHORS ALLIANCE BY: Brianna L. Schofield Robert Kirk Walker

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good. SPOTLIGHT ON RIGHTS REVERSION & TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash Readers familiar with Authors Alliance's work will know that we offer a suite of resources to help authors get back the rights to their works, including information on how to revert rights by exercising a contractual provision or through negotiating with a publisher and resources on how to terminate a transfer of copyrights under U.S. law. Authors who get

RIGHTS REVERSION

A right of reversion is a contractual provision that permits authors to work with their publishers to regain some or all of the rights in their books when certain conditions are met. But authors may also be able to revert rights even if they have not met the triggering conditions in their contract, or if their contracts do not have a

reversion

AUTHORS ALLIANCE SUBMITS FACTUM IN ACCESS COPYRIGHT V Photograph of Supreme Court of Canada by lezumbalaberenjena, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Authors Alliance, together with Professor Ariel Katz, has submitted a factum to support our intervention in COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION 101 Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in their works and when and how to UNDERSTANDING RIGHTS REVERSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors Alliance thanks Nicole Cabrera, Jordyn Ostroff, Brianna Schofield, and Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic for researching and authoring this guide, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for providing support for Authors Alliance’s Rights Reversion Project. UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS UNDERSTANDING OPEN ACCESS When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible Lexi Rubow · Rachael Shen · Brianna Schofield Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic WHEN TO UPDATE OR SUPPLEMENT A COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Unless otherwise indicated, Authors Alliance blog content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

License.

MY PUBLISHER AGREED TO REVERT RIGHTS: NOW WHAT? Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a one-stop shop for authors seeking the information they need to get back the rights in their works. For those who are new to the concept of rights reversion, the guide is a good place to start. FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS Common Scenarios with Guidance from Community Practice PREPARED FOR AUTHORS ALLIANCE BY: Brianna L. Schofield Robert Kirk Walker

AUTHORS ALLIANCE

The Authors Alliance mission is to promote authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. We embrace the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good. SPOTLIGHT ON RIGHTS REVERSION & TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash Readers familiar with Authors Alliance's work will know that we offer a suite of resources to help authors get back the rights to their works, including information on how to revert rights by exercising a contractual provision or through negotiating with a publisher and resources on how to terminate a transfer of copyrights under U.S. law. Authors who get ABOUT US | AUTHORS ALLIANCE Our MissionOur DirectorsOur StaffOur Advisory BoardOur Founding Members Mission The mission of Authors Alliance is to advance the interests of authors who want to serve the public good by sharing their creations broadly. We create resources to help authors understand and enjoy their rights and promote policies that make knowledge and culture available and discoverable. TERMINATION OF TRANSFER Creators of all kinds routinely transfer rights to their works (by signing publication contracts that assign copyright to their publishers, for example). While many of these agreements last "for the life of copyright", the law takes into account that these terms can ultimately be unfair to authors and artists. This is where "termination of transfers" come in. IMPLIED LICENSES IN COPYRIGHT LAW Authors Alliance is grateful to Jacqui Lipton for this guest post on implied licenses. Her new book, Law and Authors: A Legal Handbook for Writers, is an approachable, reader-friendly resource to help authors navigate the legal landscape of the contemporary publishing industry. Through case studies and hypothetical examples, Law and Authors addresses issues of copyright law, including LAW AND ETHICS OF COPYING: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT VS Put simply, plagiarism is the act of using another’s work or ideas and not giving proper credit, instead falsely presenting it as the user’s own. There is no statutory prohibition against plagiarism. Instead, plagiarism is governed by community norms and the consequences of plagiarism are most likely to be professional or

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UPDATE: PROPOSED NEW EXEMPTION TO SECTION 1201 OF THE DMCA Update: Proposed New Exemption to Section 1201 of the DMCA to Enable Text and Data Mining Research Posted February 11, 2021 INTERNATIONAL FAIR USE DEVELOPMENTS: IS FAIR USE GOING Even though these initiatives did not result in the implementation of new fair use exceptions, they show a willingness by members of parliament and law reform commissions alike to implement these exceptions. Fair use, which serves authors, creators, students, educators, and the public good, might just be going global in the

future.

FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS FAIR USE FOR NONFICTION AUTHORS Common Scenarios with Guidance from Community Practice PREPARED FOR AUTHORS ALLIANCE BY: Brianna L. Schofield Robert Kirk Walker IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA THE CANADIAN … vii STOHN HAY CAFAZZO DEMBROSKI RICHMOND LLP 133 King Street East, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1G6 Fax: (416) 961-2021 Erin Finlay Tel: 416-961-2020 ext. 242

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