CIPPIC Represents CAUT, CFS in Filing Objection to Access Copyright Tariff

| August 12, 2010
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) have filed a joint objection to Access Copyright's proposed Post-Secondary Educational Institution Tariff.  CIPPIC acted as legal counsel of record to CAUT and CFS in this objection.  The objection raises a number of procedural and substantive concerns about the tariff, including the lack of due notice and time for response, the need for a distinct hearing on the legal issues raised, and substantive objections to the sweeping breadth of the tariff, which claims compensation for activity not protected by copyright, such as fair dealing and the exchange of hyperlinks in e-mails.