One of Bill C-61's "consumer-oriented provisions" (as emphasized by Industry Minister Jim Prentice) is the arrival of format shifting. Prentice's opening remarks focused on how consumers will be able to legally "format shift" music, photographs, and books under the new bill. Yet the format shifting provisions for video are nothing […]
Archive for June 23rd, 2008
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 2: Format Shifting Limited to Videocassettes
One of Bill C-61's "consumer-oriented provisions" (as emphasized by Industry Minister Jim Prentice) is the arrival of format shifting. Prentice's opening remarks focused on how consumers will be able to legally "format shift" music, photographs, and books under the new bill. Yet the format shifting provisions for video are nothing […]
Show Your Fair Copyright for Canada Colours
In light of several requests, we've launched a Fair Copyright for Canada online shop at Cafe Press. You can now get t-shirts, buttons, stickers, mugs and an assortment of other schwag. In addition to the Fair Copyright for Canada stuff, users are invited to submit their own artwork ideas for […]
Show Your Fair Copyright for Canada Colours
In light of several requests, we've launched a Fair Copyright for Canada online shop at Cafe Press. You can now get t-shirts, buttons, stickers, mugs and an assortment of other schwag. In addition to the Fair Copyright for Canada stuff, users are invited to submit their own artwork ideas for […]
Yukon News on C-61
This editorial from the Yukon News titled Copyright Law Puts Canadians at Risk is well worth the registration requirement. It begins by focusing on the Search Engine interview: Jim Prentice fled. Like a sissy. And you can’t really blame him. Prentice’s proposed copyright legislation is a selloff of Canadian citizens’ […]
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