Canadian Heritage committee I think much of what you've heard from educational publishers does not reflect the interests of the authors who contribute the works that are published. As an author myself, I experience first-hand those power imbalances when I'm trying to negotiate with publishers for my own work.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee Absolutely. I'll give you an example in the context of educational publishing and academic publishing. Academic authors earn virtually nothing from the work they do in terms of publishing. Oftentimes, academic research is funded by taxpayers through granting councils. Academics then write articles or books or anything else based on that taxpayer funding.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee I think one of the first things we need to do is amend our stance on the international stage. I think Canada has been reluctant to do what needs to be done in forums like the World Intellectual Property Organization, the specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for intellectual property.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee I think we need to amend our approach internationally and lead by example, respecting the rights of indigenous people.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee It will ensure that nothing in the Copyright Act is used to derogate from or infringe upon the rights of indigenous peoples, and essentially it will hand over sovereignty and determination matters around intellectual property to first nations, Métis and Inuit.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee In that it's a piece of complex legislation, I don't think you can say that the legislation as a whole detracts from indigenous rights, but the failure of the act to explicitly acknowledge pre-existing aboriginal and treaty rights is a problem.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Prof. Jeremy de Beer
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much to the honourable members of the committee for providing me the opportunity to speak here today about remuneration models for artists and creative industries. My name is Jeremy de Beer. I'm a full professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and a member of the University of Ottawa's Centre for Law, Technology and Society.
November 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Professor Jeremy de Beer