by Trish Osuch | Jun 26, 2018 | Government & Funding, International News, News & Events
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) welcomes today’s announcement by Hon. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, of the Creative Export Strategy, which will invest $125 million over five years to support the export initiatives of Canada’s creative...
by Trish Osuch | Jun 21, 2018 | Copyright, Education, News & Events
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) congratulates Copibec and Laval University on reaching an amicable resolution to their longstanding dispute over unlicensed copying of copyright-protected materials. Laval ended its licensing agreement with Copibec in 2014,...
by Trish Osuch | Jun 6, 2018 | Government & Funding, International News, News & Events
On the occasion of its 2018 Annual General Meeting, today the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) released Net Benefit: Canada’s Policy on Foreign Investment in the Book Industry. This longitudinal study commissioned by the association’s membership in 2017, was...
by Trish Osuch | May 22, 2018 | Awards & Honours, News & Events
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) is pleased to announce that Access Copyright will be presented with honorary lifetime membership at the association’s upcoming Annual General Meeting. Since 1988, Access Copyright (formerly CANCOPY) has worked on behalf of...
by Trish Osuch | Feb 28, 2018 | Copyright, Education, News & Events
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) is alarmed by the legal actions launched last week by Ministries of Education for all provinces and territories (except Quebec, and in Ontario through the provinces’ school boards) against the Canadian Copyright Licensing...