Post Tagged with: "copyright"

Class Dismissed?

In 2003, CRIA and others associated with the music industry launched a high profile "education" campaign on music and copyright.  Titled Keep Music Coming, the campaign centered around a website at keepmusiccoming.com, supported by national advertising and inserts in CDs (archive.org version).

Today I received an email from someone who just purchased a CD which included an insert directing him to the campaign site.  He was surprised to find that keepmusiccoming.com is no longer maintained by the industry as it has become a pay-per-click advertising site.  The domain lapsed earlier this week with no indication whether this was a domain name registration error or if the campaign has been abandoned.  Either way, music is still coming nearly three years after the campaign launch as a growing number of labels and artists want to respect their fans, not "educate" them.

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February 25, 2006 2 comments News

More on Be Careful What You Wish For

A couple of weeks ago, I noted the international trend toward user concerns in copyright reform.  Add another UK initiative to the list.  The UK government has launched the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.  In addition to consulting widely and providing ample time for comment, consider the issues being examined: […]

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February 24, 2006 1 comment News

Oda on Copyright Reform

The Globe has an article today on new Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda's plans for culture and copyright policy.  The copyright comments:

"As a veteran educator – Oda spent six years teaching theatre arts and art to children in Mississauga, Ont. – she also has some caveats about the last government's proposed copyright legislation. 'Last session, our party stood up and said we'd like to look at digital access for learning materials. So we're still looking at copyright legislation overall.' Those who had hoped for the new government to automatically push through the Liberals' bill should not hold their breath."

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February 18, 2006 2 comments News

CCTA To Shut Down

The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, Canada's leading cable association, announced today that it plans to shut down after 50 years of operations.  The CCTA had been hit by several major defections in recent years (Shaw and Videotron being the most prominent) as the key industry players seemingly agreed on less […]

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February 10, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Two Perspectives on Copyright and Education

A pair of postings this morning provide an interesting, albeit discouraging, contrast between Canada and the United States on the role of the education community and copyright.  Howard Knopf highlights the dangers of "excess caution", pointing to Copyright Matters, a document produced by several Canadian education groups.  The document adopts […]

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February 7, 2006 1 comment News