As promised, I will continue to update the key points found in the hundreds of submissions received by the government as part of the copyright consultation. The July 20 – 24th summary was posted here. This chart bring the data up to July 30th (note that the government has already posted some of the submissions from a few later days). Further, with five weeks left in the consultation, what are you waiting for – speak out on copyright today!
Position | Number of Supporters |
Submissions against another Bill C-61 | 222 |
Submissions in favour of shorter copyright term | 49 |
Submissions against anti-circumvention or in favour of limiting DRM/Digital locks | 270 |
Submissions in favour of stronger personal use/copying and backup protections | 243 |
Submissions in favour of an “open copyright” system | 8 |
Submissions advocating an end to the Crown Copyright | 4 |
Submissions opposed to adopting an American-styled DMCA | 21 |
Submissions in favour of stronger fair use/fair dealing protections | 34 |
Submissions opposed to implementing WIPO | 4 |
Submissions in favour of eliminating all copyright | 2 |
Submissions against a three-strikes rule | 10 |
Submissions that favour a “notice and notice” approach | 213 |
Submissions in favour of instituting a levy for file-sharing | 6 |
Submissions in favour of greater exemptions for education/research | 10 |
Submissions in favour of establish a good-faith defence that the user believed their use of a work was fair and non-infringing | 213 |
Submissions in favour of laws that are technologically neutral | 6 |
Submissions that argue individuals should be able to share media for free as long as they are not profiting off the media | 6 |
Submissions in favour of stronger penalties for copyright infringement | 2 |
Submissions in favour of turning copyright into a crime | 1 |
Submissions against works being available in digital or other forms for free | 20 |
Submissions arguing for more support for writers | 6 |
Submissions in favour of implementing WIPO | 1 |