Dynamic Fair Dealing

Rosemary J. Coombe is Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication, and Culture in the Department of Social Sciences at York University and an internationally known legal anthropologist. Darren Wershler is Concordia University Research Chair in Media and Contemporary Literature in Montreal and a published poet. Martin Zeilinger is SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Culture at York University.

INTRODUCING Dynamic Fair Dealing: Creating Canadian Digital Culture


Rosemary J. Coombe (York University, Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture), Darren Wershler (Concordia University Research Chair in Media & Contemporary Literature) and Martin Zeilinger (Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Culture, York University).


A. THE CANADIAN COPYRIGHT CONTEXT


I. Provocations: Fair Dealing as Right, Speech, Duty, and Practice




Copyright and Freedom of Expression: Fair Dealing Between Work and Play

Bita Amani (Queens University, Law School).
From the Right to Copy to Practices of Copying

Marcus Boon (York University, English).

II. Recognizing the Canadian Public Domain




The Canadian Public Domain: What, Where, and to What End?

Carys Craig (York University, Osgoode Law School).
Dynamic Fair Dealing with Orphan Works: Lessons from “Real” Propert

Ren Bucholz (Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP )
Publicly Funded, Then Locked Away: The Work of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Kyle Asquith (Western University, Information & Media Studies).

III. Infrastructures for Fair Dealing




Resisting Enclosure: Licenses, Authorship, and the Commons

John Maxwell (Simon Fraser University, Publishing).
Weaving an Open Web: Innovation and Ethics in the Virtual Commons

Eliot Che (Web Designer, Cultural Shifts).
“This Content is Not Available in Your Region”: Geo-Blocking Culture in Canada

Pete Urquhart (Wilfrid Laurier University, Communications) and Ira Wagman (Carleton University, Journalism & Communication).
Net Neutrality and the Threat to Open Cultural Expression

Steve Anderson (OpenMedia.ca).

IV. Experiments in Pedagogy and Diversity




Copyright and Access to Media for People with Perceptual Disabilities

J. P. Udo (Ryerson University, Centre for Learning Technologies) and Deborah Fels (Ryerson University, Centre for Learning Technologies).
If You’re Asking, It’s not Fair Dealing: Animating Canadian Copyright Issues in a ‘Read-Write’ Classroom

Matt Soar (Concordia University, Communications).
Hacking Education: How Openness and Sharing Can Transform Learning

Alec V. Couros (IT Coordinator, University of Regina, Faculty of Education).

B. MEDIATIONS


I. Digital Publishing




Open Access Publishing and Academic Research

Rowland Lorimer (Simon Fraser University, Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing).
Open Access Mandates and the ‘Fair Dealing’ Button

Arthur Sale (University of Tasmania, Computer Science), Marc Couture (Université du Québec à Montréal, Télé-université), Eloy Rodrigues (Universidade do Minho, Portugal, Documentation Services), Leslie Carr (University of Southampton, School of Electronics and Computer Science) and Stevan Harnad (Université du Quebec à Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science).

II. Principles and Practices of Heritage Management




The Evolution of Cultural Heritage Ethics via Human Rights Norms

Rosemary J. Coombe (Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York University) Nicole Aylwin (York University, Communication and Culture).
Indigenous Cultural Heritage in the Age of Technological Reproducibility: Towards a Postcolonial Ethic of the Public Domain

George Nicholas (Simon Fraser University, Anthropology).
Cultural Diversity: A Central Dimension of Canadian Cultural Heritage?

Nicole Aylwin (York University, Communication and Culture).

III. The Work of Poetics




Parodists' Rights and Copyright in a Digital Canada

Graham Reynolds (Dalhousie University, Law).
Robin Hood of the Avant-Garde

Kenneth Goldsmith (University of Pennsylvania, Creative Writing).
Remixing bpNichol: 'Direct Dealing' and Recombinatory Art Practices

Justin Stephenson (Trace Pictures Animation and Design).

C. MAKING OUR DIGITAL HERITAGE A DYNAMIC ONE


I. Documenting Pasts and Assessing Virtual Futures




Copyright Dramas: Theatre Archives and Collections Online

David Meurer (York University, Communication and Culture).
Streaming a Digital Scream: Archiving Toronto’s Barbaric Yawp

Suzanne Zelazo (Ryerson University, English).
The NFB, Canada’s Experimental Documentary Tradition and Found Futures

Martin Zeilinger (York University, Communication and Culture) and ElHorwatt (YorkUniversity, Film and Media).

II. Recombinant Creativity




i. Chipmusic, Out of Tune: Crystal Castles and the Misappropriation of Licensed Sound

Martin Zeilinger (York University, Communication and Culture).
'My Real’ll Make Yours a Rental': Hip Hop and Canadian Copyright

Alexandra Boutros (Wilfrid Laurier University, Cultural Studies).
Friction over Fan Fiction

Grace Westcott (Westcott Law, Toronto).
Child-Generated Content: Children’s Authorship and Interpretive Practices in Digital Gaming Cultures

Sara M. Grimes (University of Toronto, Faculty of Information).

AFTERWORD: REFLECTIONS


Deal with it

Laura Murray (Queens University, English).


Pull up the stakes and fill in the ditches: the materiality of intellectual property

Darin Barney (McGill University, Art History and Communications).


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