[CR] | Discussion table | Diverse national copyright implementations of Marrakesh Treaty impede access
Monday, October 25th | 14:30 (UTC-5)
David Fewer
General Counsel, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
University of Ottawa
Canadá
Blake Reid
Clinical Professor, Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic, Colorado Law
Canadá
Victoria Owen
Chair, ARL/CARL Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation; Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner Faculty of Information
University of Toronto
Canadá
Pascal Calarco
Bibliometría e investigación de Impacto
Bibliometrics and Research Impact Librarian, Liaison Librarian, Economics Visiting Program Officer, ARL/CARL Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
University of Windsor
Canadá
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
Less than 10% of the world’s published books are available in accessible formats for people who are print disabled. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) together represent the largest academic research libraries in North America, and collectively hold just under 760 million titles in print and electronic formats.
Our joint Marrakesh Implementation Task Force explores the issues related to the copyright, discovery, description and access to collectively enable our member libraries to describe, digitize, and make available content in alternate formats. In addition, the project looks to connect beneficiaries of the Marrakesh Treaty in both Canada and the US, to request and gain access to accessible versions of the materials held in our libraries. Four member libraries, two Canadian and two American, are the pilot sites in an initial implementation of these services, to be developed over the next few years.
During this discussion, speakers will give an overview of the copyright regimes of the US and Canada, and discuss barriers to implementing the Marrakesh Treaty that have emerged as both countries begin to interpret and implement the law. Speakers will engage one another – and conference participants – in exploring legal theories or legislative solutions to support authorized entities, particularly research libraries.