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Wednesday April 20, 2011 |
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Liberal Marc Garneau, who served on the C-32 committee and as the
party's Industry critic, issued a tweet
last night that provided the clearest statement yet on the Liberal
support for reform to the digital lock rules. Garneau stated: "Liberals
believe Copyright Bill C-32 must be amended to allow digital lock
circumvention for non-infringing purposes."
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Monday March 07, 2011 |
Liberal Industry Critic Marc Garneau has submitted a five
page brief
to the CRTC that outlines his party's position on UBB. Garneau sides
with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in calling for an expanded
review of Internet services. It "fundamentally disagrees" with the
CRTC's claim that Internet service is analogous to utilities such as
electricity or water. It also suggests that UBB is primarily about how
to manage congestion on the network, though there is little to support
claims that there is much correlation between congestion and current
UBB practices.
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Friday November 26, 2010 |
The Wire Report reports
that the Liberals are preparing amendments to Bill C-32 to address
digital locks and fair dealing. The digital lock reforms will
apparently address the consumer rights concerns, as Garneau notes in
the article that
"we believe that if somebody has legitimately bought a work and wants
to transfer it to another device for personal use only, that should be
allowed." In order to ensure that consumers have those rights, it would
be necessary to both remove the digital lock restrictions in the
consumer provisions and amend the general anti-circumvention provision
(to do one without the other would still leave consumers locked out).
Garneau also said that the Liberals are considering a reform proposal
to the fair dealing provision, by adding a list of factors to help
courts determine whether the uses are “fair.” Garneau noted that
the Supreme Court of Canada has established these factors which could
be used to help clarify the limits of fair dealing. As I wrote earlier
this month, this kind of codification is precisely the sort of
compromise that could provide groups concerned with the fair dealing
changes the necessary assurances on its limits.
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Friday June 04, 2010 |
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The Wire Report reports that Liberal MP Marc Garneau believes that C-32's digital lock provisions is the most significant issue raised by bill. Garneau says "the question of how to proceed on legal protection for digital rights management remains the most significant one. The provision has to balance the interests of industry stakeholders, who want the locks protected, and the interests of consumers." Garneau indicated that there is a way to balance the interests and that the party would make some proposals on the issue. Meanwhile, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore indicated a willingness to entertain reform proposals. When asked specifically about reforms to the digital lock provisions, Moore said that parties should bring forward specific language. c-32, copyright, digital locks, garneau, moore Slashdot, Digg, Del.icio.us, Newsfeeder, Reddit, StumbleUpon, TwitterTagsShareFriday June 04, 2010 |
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