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HOSPITAL COPYRIGHT TOOLKIT
A Guide to the Canadian Copyright
Act
A Presentationprepared by
Jan Figurski, MLSMary McDiarmid, MISt, AHIP
c2007
Topics Covered:
• What you should know about copyright
• Frequently asked questions
• Best practices
• For further information
Why you should know about copyright
“It is an infringement of copyright for any person
to do, without the consent of the owner of the
copyright, anything that only the owner of the
copyright has the right to do.”
$$$ there are penalties…
• the “right to copy”
• governed by the Canadian Copyright Act
What is copyright?
What is covered by copyright?
Copyright is held by either:
• the author of the work
• the employer
• the publisher
• some other party
Who owns the rights?
• determine who the copyright owner is
• send the owner a request to use the work
Obtaining copyright permission
• you don’t have to do anything
• “mark” your work with notice of copyright
e.g. © Jane Doe, 2007• register your work with CIPO• lasts for the lifetime of the creator + 50 years
How to copyright your works
• “to reproduce … for the purpose of research or private study…”
• the Act is not definitive; factors to consider:
- the purpose of the “dealing”
- the character of the dealing
- the amount of the dealing
- were there alternatives to the dealing
- the nature of the work
- the effect of dealing on the work
What is “fair dealing?”
Frequently Asked Questions Print Material
May you make multiple print copies of an article or book chapter or photo/image and distribute it in a class or to a group of co-workers?
You should seek permission or buy a license.
It is an infringement to:• copy “substantial” parts of a work• distribute to such an extent as to affect prejudicially
the owner of the copyright
Copyright Tip: just copy and distribute page 1 of the article, containing the citation & abstract
NO!
Frequently Asked QuestionsDigital Material
You’ve downloaded an article.
May you now send it to colleagues?
…a license, subscription or site permits it.
If not, then NO, because it would be an infringement to distribute it
Copyright Tip: Send just the citation and abstract of the article or just the link to it
YES! BUT ONLY IF…
May the library send you a digital copy of a journal article from our own hospital-licensed titles?
Frequently Asked QuestionsDigital Material
• the Copyright Act does not prohibit it
• the library may do anything for their clients that those clients as individuals can do for themselves
Note: the Act does prohibit libraries from sending clients digital copies of articles obtained from other libraries’ collections
Yes!
Frequently Asked QuestionsImages
May you use an image, table, or graph, in a slide presentation at rounds?
You are projecting the image, table, graph, or quote in a classroom situation
Copyright Tip: always cite your sources.
YES! BUT ONLY IF…
Frequently Asked QuestionsImages
May you use an image, table, or graph you found,
in an article that you are writing?
• You must obtain permission from the copyright holder, and you must cite the source in the article you are writing
NO!
YES. Exceptions are specified for:
• libraries, archives, and museums
• educational institutions
• individuals making a single copy for their own personal use
Frequently asked QuestionsAre there exceptions?
Best Practices Citing
Should you cite the source of copied materials? • YES, always
When do you need to obtain copyright permission?
• If you want to use and/or reproduce original material that you did not write or create yourself
- Questionnaires, maps, illustrations, journal articles
- Web pages, instruction manuals, workbooks, examination papers
- Newsletters, government publications, works of art
- Publications containing a notice prohibiting copying
- Unpublished works, music, letters, advertisements
Best Practices Permissions
The Canadian Copyright Act governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright material. Certain copying may be an infringement of the copyright law. The [Name of Hospital] is not responsible for infringing copies made by the users of this machine.
Best Practices Copier Signage
Should the hospital have a copyright policy?
YES.
• as a standard risk management practice
• to promote compliance with the Act
• to provide guidelines for staff
Best Practices Policies
Should the hospital buy a copyright license? Copyright collectives sell copying licenses to
organizations on behalf of copyright holders
• Major Benefit:
- less need to seek permissions to copy
• Limitations:
- don’t represent all copyright holders
- not necessary for “fair dealing”
- cost
Best Practices Licensing
More Questions?
• Hospital Copyright Toolkit• Copyright Act http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html• Your Hospital Library • Access Copyright http://www.accesscopyright.ca/• Canadian Intellectual Property Office http://cipo.gc.ca/• Copyright Board of Canada http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/
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HOSPITAL COPYRIGHT TOOLKIT
A Guide to the Canadian Copyright
Act
