The Professional Learning Centre is offering "Copyright Demystified" in 
Ottawa and Toronto on Wed. 21 Sept 2005 (Ottawa) and Fri. 30 Sept 2005 
(Toronto). A brief description follows; for further information, see 
<plc.fis.utoronto.ca>

The Canadian Copyright Act attempts to provide a fair balance between 
the rights of those who create works, and the needs of those who use 
them. However, that balance is being tested by advances in communication 
and digital technologies that make it easy to copy and disseminate 
others' work without their knowledge or permission. The vigorous debate 
around this policy issue has heightened awareness of the consequences of 
copyright infringement. Cultural heritage institutions, their employees 
and their patrons are rightly concerned about copyright issues.

Using a combination of lecture, examples, handouts and discussion, this 
one-day course will take you through the main provisions of the Canadian 
Copyright Act and provide you with the tools to analyze a copyright 
problem and develop your institutional policy on this complex matter.