"Access Copyright is not standing pat. It is forging ahead on
a new path."During the three years I have served as Chair of the Access
Copyright Board of Directors, the organization has ended one
phase of its history. It has also turned the page to begin its
next chapter.
Throughout the last year, the Board and staff rolled up their sleeves to undertake a significant and collaborative strategic-planning effort that has resulted in a three-year plan that renews its commitment to serve as a collective-licensing and royalty-distribution hub for published works in English-speaking Canada.
Those who Access Copyright serves can be assured that the organization is well-equipped to act on this invigorating plan.
Access Copyright operates in a complex, changing environment. While legislative reform of Canada’s Copyright Act to address the ill-defined education fair-dealing exception remains needed, the reality is that such change will take time in today’s political landscape.
This is deeply disappointing, but I remain impressed by Access Copyright’s continued work alongside its colleagues and peers across the country to advance shared goals. In addition to repairing the market for educational copying in Canada, these now include properly addressing challenges and opportunities related to generative artificial intelligence so that Canadian creators and publishers’ rights are respected, and the sector can continue to contribute to our economic and cultural wealth.
Equally important is Access Copyright’s dedication to advancing the goals of its new strategic plan, which sets the organization’s future course, not only in the areas of content licensing and distribution, but also in copyright education and awareness raising.
Access Copyright is not standing pat. It is forging ahead on a new path.
As I take my leave from the Board and as Chair, I remain committed to the organization and look forward to seeing where that path takes Access Copyright.
Throughout the last year, the Board and staff rolled up their sleeves to undertake a significant and collaborative strategic-planning effort that has resulted in a three-year plan that renews its commitment to serve as a collective-licensing and royalty-distribution hub for published works in English-speaking Canada.
Those who Access Copyright serves can be assured that the organization is well-equipped to act on this invigorating plan.
Access Copyright operates in a complex, changing environment. While legislative reform of Canada’s Copyright Act to address the ill-defined education fair-dealing exception remains needed, the reality is that such change will take time in today’s political landscape.
This is deeply disappointing, but I remain impressed by Access Copyright’s continued work alongside its colleagues and peers across the country to advance shared goals. In addition to repairing the market for educational copying in Canada, these now include properly addressing challenges and opportunities related to generative artificial intelligence so that Canadian creators and publishers’ rights are respected, and the sector can continue to contribute to our economic and cultural wealth.
Equally important is Access Copyright’s dedication to advancing the goals of its new strategic plan, which sets the organization’s future course, not only in the areas of content licensing and distribution, but also in copyright education and awareness raising.
Access Copyright is not standing pat. It is forging ahead on a new path.
As I take my leave from the Board and as Chair, I remain committed to the organization and look forward to seeing where that path takes Access Copyright.