Important changes to
copyright law are being made by governments and in courtrooms around the world changes that can have a direct
impact on the business of publishing and the ways in which content is licensed and used outside the country whose legislature or court took action.
Abstract and Introduction Chapter 1: Access to
Law - Related Information as a Fundamental Right Chapter 2: Complexity as a Factor Inhibiting Access to the
Law in Canada Chapter 3: The Market for
Law - Related Information in Canada: The History of Legal Publishing in Canada Chapter 4: The
Impact of Crown
Copyright on Access to
Law - Related Information Chapter 5: The Shrinking Information Commons and Private Control of Public Goods: The Commercialization of the Internet Chapter 6: Thirty Years Later: The 1975 Access to the
Law Study and the Role of Major Players in Providing Access to the
Law Conclusions and Recommendations Bibliography
(For a good discussion of this area, see «The
Impact of Crown
Copyright on Access to
Law - Related Information» [PDF] by Ted Tjaden, which is Chapter 4 of his thesis, available
on Slaw.)