Update on Access Copyright's transformation initiatives

New title search & permissions tool: A new and vastly improved look-up tool for education and corporate licensing customers was launched in mid-July. Licensees can now search our repertoire of over 100 million unique titles to see which publications are covered for print and digital copying. Customers can also request permission to copy beyond the terms of their licence, access bibliographic records for millions of works and discover other subject-related titles also covered under licence. This new tool is part of our commitment to make it easy for people to share and remix content while also rewarding creators and publishers when their works are used.

Check out the new tool for yourself here.

New Nominating Committee has started its work: A new Nominating Committee was elected at the 2013 AGM (held April 25, 2014) following the ratification of new by-laws and governance structure. We are happy to report that the committee's work is well underway. Comprised of two creator and two publisher representatives, two current members of our Board of Directors and our executive director, the committee is tasked with recruiting a slate of candidates (four in total) to stand for election at next year's AGM. >Read More

THE PULSE

Canadian educational fair dealing policies raised at authors' meeting in Geneva

Creator and publisher concerns over educational "fair dealing" in Canada were highlighted at an International Authors Forum (IAF) event in early July.

Debating the role of Access Copyright

Our executive director Roanie Levy and IP lawyer Howard Knopf recently debated on Access Copyright as well as fair dealing and the long-term implications of unlicensed content use in post-secondary education.

News

Launch of new bulletin series: This spring, Access Copyright launched its new bulletin series which will address topics all those who create, produce, use and love content will be interested in. >Read More

Updates from the legal team: The Access Copyright legal team has been busy managing several cases that consider whether "fair dealing" guidelines put out by the educator sector are fair. >Read More

Updates on Royalty Distribution

Access Copyright distributed $2.7 million in royalties in June: Access Copyright made its first royalty distribution of the year this June to over 1,500 rightsholders. >Read More

Creators still satisfied with Payback: Seventy-six percent of affiliates who responded to our third annual Payback satisfaction survey reported satisfaction with their 2013 Payback payment. >Read More

Almost 80% of creator affiliates completed a Payback claim this year: Almost 80% of our affiliates have put forward a supplementary claim for this year's Payback payment. >Read More

Affiliate Corner

Creator Affiliates - Find out how a〆Creator can help you: a〆Creator is a cloud-based service to help creators during and after the content creation process by providing an easy way to send, track, monitor, locate, and backup their work. Sign up for one of our webinars this September to see a〆Creator for yourself. >Read More

Publisher Affiliates - Manage your ONIX data and pre-production workflow with a〆Publisher: a〆Publisher is a cloud-based service developed to give publishers an easy way to create ONIX, edit ONIX, and validate it against requirements of downstream recipients. >Read More

Saluting our affiliates: Access Copyright's affiliates are regularly honoured by their peers in the literary community and we are proud to highlight some recent award winners. >Read More

Highlights from the Pulse

Canadian educational fair dealing policies raised at authors' meeting in Geneva: Creator and publisher concerns over educational "fair dealing" in Canada were highlighted at an International Authors Forum (IAF) event in early July. >Read More

Debating the role of Access Copyright: Our executive director Roanie Levy and IP lawyer Howard Knopf recently debated on Access Copyright as well as fair dealing and the long-term implications of unlicensed content use in post-secondary education. >Read More

Canadian visual artists victorious at the Supreme Court of Canada: Visual artists scored a big victory in May with a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that the National Gallery of Canada has a duty to work with visual artists who exhibit at the Gallery to establish a fee structure. >Read More