INTRODUCING Dynamic Fair Dealing: Creating Canadian Digital Culture

Rosemary J. Coombe (York University, Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture), Darren Wershler (Concordia University Research Chair in Media & Contemporary Literature) and Martin Zeilinger (Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Culture, York University).

A. THE CANADIAN COPYRIGHT CONTEXT

I. Provocations: Fair Dealing as Right, Speech, Duty, and Practice

1. Copyright and Freedom of Expression: Fair Dealing Between Work and Play
   Bita Amani (Queens University, Law School).
2. From the Right to Copy to Practices of Copying
   Marcus Boon (York University, English).

II. Recognizing the Canadian Public Domain

1. The Canadian Public Domain: What, Where, and to What End?
   Carys Craig (York University, Osgoode Law School).
2. Dynamic Fair Dealing with Orphan Works: Lessons from “Real” Propert
   Ren Bucholz (Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP )
3. Publicly Funded, Then Locked Away: The Work of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
   Kyle Asquith (Western University, Information & Media Studies).

III. Infrastructures for Fair Dealing

1. Resisting Enclosure: Licenses, Authorship, and the Commons
   John Maxwell (Simon Fraser University, Publishing).
2. Weaving an Open Web: Innovation and Ethics in the Virtual Commons
   Eliot Che (Web Designer, Cultural Shifts).
3. “This Content is Not Available in Your Region”: Geo-Blocking Culture in Canada
   Pete Urquhart (Wilfrid Laurier University, Communications) and Ira Wagman (Carleton University, Journalism & Communication).
4. Net Neutrality and the Threat to Open Cultural Expression
   Steve Anderson (OpenMedia.ca).

IV. Experiments in Pedagogy and Diversity

1. Copyright and Access to Media for People with Perceptual Disabilities
   J. P. Udo (Ryerson University, Centre for Learning Technologies) and Deborah Fels (Ryerson University, Centre for Learning Technologies).
2. If You’re Asking, It’s not Fair Dealing: Animating Canadian Copyright Issues in a ‘Read-Write’ Classroom
   Matt Soar (Concordia University, Communications).
3. Hacking Education: How Openness and Sharing Can Transform Learning
   Alec V. Couros (IT Coordinator, University of Regina, Faculty of Education).

B. MEDIATIONS

I. Digital Publishing

1. Open Access Publishing and Academic Research
   Rowland Lorimer (Simon Fraser University, Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing).
2. Open Access Mandates and the ‘Fair Dealing’ Button
   Arthur Sale (University of Tasmania, Computer Science), Marc Couture (Université du Québec à Montréal, Télé-université), Eloy Rodrigues (Universidade do Minho, Portugal, Documentation Services), Leslie Carr (University of Southampton, School of Electronics and Computer Science) and Stevan Harnad (Université du Quebec à Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science).

II. Principles and Practices of Heritage Management

1. The Evolution of Cultural Heritage Ethics via Human Rights Norms
   Rosemary J. Coombe (Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York University) Nicole Aylwin (York University, Communication and Culture).
2. Indigenous Cultural Heritage in the Age of Technological Reproducibility: Towards a Postcolonial Ethic of the Public Domain
   George Nicholas (Simon Fraser University, Anthropology).
3. Cultural Diversity: A Central Dimension of Canadian Cultural Heritage?
   Nicole Aylwin (York University, Communication and Culture).

III. The Work of Poetics

1. Parodists' Rights and Copyright in a Digital Canada
   Graham Reynolds (Dalhousie University, Law).
2. Robin Hood of the Avant-Garde
   Kenneth Goldsmith (University of Pennsylvania, Creative Writing).
3. Remixing bpNichol: 'Direct Dealing' and Recombinatory Art Practices
   Justin Stephenson (Trace Pictures Animation and Design).

C. MAKING OUR DIGITAL HERITAGE A DYNAMIC ONE

I. Documenting Pasts and Assessing Virtual Futures

1. Copyright Dramas: Theatre Archives and Collections Online
   David Meurer (York University, Communication and Culture).
2. Streaming a Digital Scream: Archiving Toronto’s Barbaric Yawp
   Suzanne Zelazo (Ryerson University, English).
3. The NFB, Canada’s Experimental Documentary Tradition and Found Futures
   Martin Zeilinger (York University, Communication and Culture) and ElHorwatt (YorkUniversity, Film and Media).

II. Recombinant Creativity

1. i. Chipmusic, Out of Tune: Crystal Castles and the Misappropriation of Licensed Sound
   Martin Zeilinger (York University, Communication and Culture).
2. 'My Real’ll Make Yours a Rental': Hip Hop and Canadian Copyright
   Alexandra Boutros (Wilfrid Laurier University, Cultural Studies).
3. Friction over Fan Fiction
   Grace Westcott (Westcott Law, Toronto).
4. Child-Generated Content: Children’s Authorship and Interpretive Practices in Digital Gaming Cultures
   Sara M. Grimes (University of Toronto, Faculty of Information).

AFTERWORD: REFLECTIONS

Deal with it
Laura Murray (Queens University, English).

Pull up the stakes and fill in the ditches: the materiality of intellectual property
Darin Barney (McGill University, Art History and Communications).

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