PDF version: Copyright in the School Setting: Interpreting “Private Study”
Decision commented on: Alberta (Education) v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, 2012 SCC 37.
As a first year student last year, I remember various professors telling us that, due to the University of Calgary’s copyright policy, they were no longer able to post certain materials to Blackboard (a digital course management system); instead we were given instructions to download the materials ourselves. At the time I remember internally questioning this artificial distinction and how it really protected copyright since in either case I was responsible to read the required material at the direction of the professor.