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Please note that you may also be interested in my French-language blog called “culturelibre.ca“ This morning, I had the great honor of leading an undergraduate communications studies class lecture and discussion around the topic of “copyright” within the context of media policy. I recorded my session with a wrist-bound smartwatch, here are the two resulting […] Lire la suite

I am giving a lecture on copyright this afternoon and here is the list of preparatory material I submitted to the class: Canadian Intellectual Property Office page on Copyright: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr00003.html The “CCH” case on fair dealing: CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 SCR 339, 2004 SCC 13 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1glp0> retrieved […] Lire la suite

I just gave a lecture about copyright called: What’s up with Canadian Copyright? Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation. It uses the excellent NFB documentary by Brett Gaylor called: RIP! A remix manifesto. See also the movie’s page here. This is a similar lecture to the one I delivered in February 2013 in prof. […] Lire la suite

Here is the video of a lecture in English I gave yesterday at Université de Montréal’s Centre du droit des affaires et du commerce International. I also pasted below the abstract and the poster of the event : [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3GBJPTcf4M&w=640&h=360] Copyright, caught in a digital maelstrom of perpetual reform and shifting commercial practices, exacerbates tensions between […] Lire la suite

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this article from the Library Journal provides interesting insight into creating a copyright team. Lire la suite

Here is a talk I missed at the Canadian Library Association’s annual conference and trade show last May (from the program, over 4 MB in PDF) : B9 – From Plagiarism to Copyright Infringement and Back Again: An Agony in Six Skits Can I copy this? The question that arises every time someone wants to use […] Lire la suite

Dear colleagues, (The gist: don’t panic but engage actively with this topic. Always remember that your friendly subject librarian is there to discuss – we even have a helpful guide about ChatGPT: https://library.concordia.ca/apps/things/thing.html?thingID=22032 ) Chatbots, abundant intelligence (AI) and other algorithms have impacted librarianship since I’ve started working at Concordia 20 years ago. I remember […] Lire la suite

Fall 2020 will bring a new cohort of exceptional students to Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business. I have been asked to present, very succinctly, the library services and collections afforded to them upon joining us. Please find below the outline of my presentation, with corresponding links. The library website is your portal to […] Lire la suite