Comments on: Canadian Supreme Court copyright rules will eviscerate Access Canada's business model

By: Colin Curry

Colin Curry — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:58:00 +0000

It was pretty obvious that the Supreme Court’s decisions would cripple Access Copyright. Universities (including my alma mater) have been pulling out of planned agreements with them across the country.

By: Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:48:00 +0000

Come on, people. You’ve had a good run and scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money. I suggest you admit it’s over, go to the Cayman’s or Switzerland, visit your money and enjoy the rest of your miserable lives.

By: matlockexpressway

matlockexpressway — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:33:00 +0000

The board will do just fine since they have most Canadian universities in their pocket.

By: billstewart

billstewart — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:31:00 +0000

“Access Canada”? Or “Access Copyright”? Looks like a headline typo.

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:11:00 +0000

Their spokes-weasels would have to be either idiotic or atypically truth-constrained to say anything else…

If they just come out and say ‘yup, we are totally screwed’ they might as well be providing advice about what people can now get away with. By not doing so, they preserve a pall of FUD that should keep a fair number of customers without access to robust legal advice in line.

By: foobar

foobar — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Good.

By: futnuh

futnuh — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:21:00 +0000

I read the collective’s press release soon after the Supreme Court decision came out. I was surprised at how non-plussed they were about losing. I guess this was the only rationale response – pretend that their sky really wasn’t falling, and hope institutions buy the “nothing’s changed” line. My fear now however is that Harper is going to rewrite the copyright act to make the court’s decision moot.