The Big Chill  Censorship by Copyright in Libraries and Literary Studies
Channel: CAUL Manager
Date: 22/02/2023

CAAL-CBPA Webinar
February 21, 2023

Brought to you by the Copyright Committee

Presenter: Erin Patterson, Head of Research Services/English Department Librarian/Copyright Coordinator, Acadia University

Publishers have long been exploiting technology to exert undue control over electronic texts: who can access them, for how long, on what conditions, and under what circumstances. A new and alarming development is the prospect of actual redaction of published works if copyright demands are not met. Erin Patterson, Acadia's English librarian and copyright coordinator, will discuss how copyright overreach can have a chilling effect on literary studies, a field in which frequent and extensive quotation is an integral part of the discourse.