Publications

Scholarship on Collective Management

Books, book chapters, and journal articles by Daniel J. Gervais on collective management of copyright and related rights.

Book

Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, 4th edition

Kluwer Law International, 2025 — with João Pedro Quintais

Book Chapters

The Economics of Copyright Collectives

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law, vol. I (P. Menell & B. Depoorter, eds.), Edward Elgar, 2019, ch. 18, pp. 489–507

The Internet Taxi: Collective Management of Copyright and the Making Available Right, After the Pentalogy

The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (M. Geist, ed.), pp. 373–401, 2013

Individual and Collective Management of Rights Online

Copyright in a Borderless Online Environment (J. Axhamn, ed.), Norstedts Juridik, 2012, pp. 89–100

A Uniquely Canadian Institution: The Copyright Board of Canada

A New Intellectual Property Paradigm: The Canadian Experience (Y. Gendreau, ed.), Edward Elgar, 2009

Use of Copyright Content on the Internet: Considerations on Excludability and Collective Licensing

In the Public Interest: The Future of Copyright Law in Canada (M. Geist, ed.), Irwin Law, Toronto, October 2005

Journal Articles

How Collective Management Organizations Remunerate Musicians Worldwide: A Guide for U.S.-based Songwriters and Performers

9:5 Landslide (2017)with Daphne Bugelli

The Landscape of Collective Management

24:4 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 423–449 (2011)

Panel on Challenges for Collective Licensing Organizations

Symposium: Collective Management of Copyright: Solution or Sacrifice? Columbia Law School — 34:1 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 657–664 (2010)

Collective Management of Copyright and Neighboring Rights in Canada: An International Perspective

1 Canadian Journal of Law & Technology 21–50 (2002)

Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems

4:3 Journal of Electronic Publishing, online only, March 1999 (18 pages)

Commissioned Reports

Licensing Copyrighted Content for AI Training: The Case Against Compulsory Collective Management

A report assessing the legal and economic framework for licensing copyrighted content used in AI training, with particular focus on the EU. It explains why compulsory or mandatory collective licensing would be legally risky, difficult to reconcile with the Berne Convention and the three-step test, and economically unsound, drawing on decades of empirical evidence. It recommends instead supporting voluntary licensing in its various forms.

Ce rapport est aussi disponible en français\u00a0: Rapport Gervais sur la GCO pour IA

Application of an Extended Licensing Regime in Canada: Principles and Issues Related to Implementation

Department of Canadian Heritage, July 2003

Collective Management of Copyright and Neighboring Rights in Canada: An International Perspective

Department of Canadian Heritage, August 2001

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