[PGCanada] Copyright issues

[Andrew Sly]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Steve Solomon wrote:

> It is possible to extend the offering beyond what is public domain and
> material with copyright but with valid permission to offer it. It is
> possible to offer any book that is out of print. I do this at Soil and
> Health Library. I already am doing it, by functioning as a LIBRARY.

I believe the relevant Canadian laws that would govern how this could
be done can be found here:

EXCEPTION FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, LIBRARIES,
ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS REGULATIONS

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/SOR-99-325/79228.html


A potentially interesting possibility (regarding copyright)
is that the Copyright Board of Canada does issue non-exclusive
licences allowing works to be used, if you can show you have
made every effort to locate the copyright
holder, and have been unsuccesful.


Unlocatable Copyright Owners

http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/unlocatable/index-e.html

This page includes a list of such works licenses have
been granted for, and as they are non-exclusive,
could conceivably be legal for PG of Canada to use.
Of course, more legal research would be needed before
doing this.

Andrew