New Book Out This Week: Future of Canadian Copyright Law

This will certainly be of interest to bloggers and anyone else interested in info tech-related matters. On my wish list for Xmas (bonjour papa!)

Later this week, Irwin Law will be publishing In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law. Edited by Ottawa University law professor Michael Geist, it is a collection of 19 essays by Canada's leading copyright experts.

Table of contents:

PART ONE: CANADIAN COPYRIGHT REFORM IN CONTEXT

• Copyright Talk: Patterns and Pitfalls in Canadian Policy Discourses - Laura J. Murray
• Interests in the Balance - Teresa Scassa
• International Copyright Law: W[h]ither User Rights - Myra Tawfik

PART TWO: BILL C-60: A CLOSER ANALYSIS

• Constitutional Jurisdiction over Paracopyright Laws - Jeremy F. deBeer
• Deflating the Michelin Man: Protecting Users’ Rights in the Canadian Copyright Reform Process - Jane Bailey
• If Left to Their Own Devices…: How DRM and Anti-Circumvention Laws Can Be Used to Hack Privacy - Ian Kerr
• Anti-Circumvention Legislation and Competition Policy: Defining A Canadian Way? - Michael Geist
• Rights Management Information - Mark Perry
• Making Available: Existential Inquiries - David Fewer
• Made in Canada: A Unique Approach to Internet Service Provider Liability and Copyright Infringement - Sheryl N. Hamilton
• The “New Listener” and the Virtual Performer: The Need for a New Approach to Performers’ Rights - Mira Sundara Rajan
• Filtering the Flow from the Fountains of Knowledge: Access and Copyright in Education and Libraries - Margaret Ann Wilkinson
• The Changing Landscape of Academic Libraries and Copyright Policy: Interlibrary Loans, Electronic Reserves, and Distance Education - Samuel Trosow
• Lights, Camera,…Harmonize: Photography Issues in Copyright Reform - Alex Cameron

PART THREE: THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN COPYRIGHT REFORM

• The Changing Face of Fair Dealing in Canadian Copyright Law: A Proposal for Legislative Reform - Carys Craig
• Taking User Rights Seriously - Abraham Drassinower
• Coming to Terms with Copyright - David Lametti
• Use of Copyright Content on the Internet: Considerations on Excludability and Collective Licensing - Daniel J. Gervais
• Crown Copyright and Copyright Reform in Canada - Elizabeth F. Judge