Dear Editor: I wrote a book in 2004. It was not created to become a bestseller; only 200 were printed. But it was my book, about my family. I say “was” because the University of Wisconsin, in a commercial venture with Google Inc., has digitized it and now holds virtual copies, which I consider digital printing plates, and an infringement of my copyright.
As I registered my copyright with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office-Copyrights in 2004, the University of Wisconsin, with a few clicks of the mouse, could have found the information to contact me for my permission. It chose not to.
I feel that copyright infringement is akin to plagiarism, and universities have strict rules about plagiarism. Most universities of the world teach their students about copyright infringement.