The copyright consultation is days away from its conclusion and missing content from the consultation website has emerged as a problem. The posting of submissions has been inconsistent throughout the process, but that may be a result of volume. The delays in posting transcripts from the invitation-only roundtables, however, is inexcusable. The Toronto roundtable took place on August 27th and the Peterborough roundtable on September 1st. It should not take more than a week to post a transcript of each event. While there are audio files available (which led to my post on the Bell comments in Toronto), most people do not have three hours to listen to the events. Instead, many rely on transcripts and may want to respond to what is said in their final submissions.
The Missing Roundtable Transcripts
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Agreed
There’s quite a bit I’d like to comment on based on the audio file, however it’d be nice if I could copy and paste passages from a transcript within my submission.
Thanks for bringing this to light.
Kevin
After not seeing my submission for about a week, I sent it again it along with an explanation that it was a re-submission. The following day I got a polite reply saying that it was taking them time to code some of the longer replies. A few days later, it appeared under the date I sent it.
I suspect they are doing a lot of manual coding of the entries and that isn’t scaling well to the number of replies they’ve received. I’d be inclined to say that it is being unprepared for the volume of submissions rather than maliciousness that is the culprit.
still probably quicker than getting a u of ottawa 101 assignment graded
k i’m guilty
Well I’m one of the people who hasn’t submitted a thing.
And to be honest, I feel guilty as sin for not doing it after all the Prof has done to educate us on this over the years.
So help a n00b out. Where do I start? I get lost looking at all the links (even the “speak out” link). Something easy that won’t blow my mind, if possible.
I’d rather write my own, but would appreciate the topics/headings that should be covered in my n00b submission.
Any pointers for a last minute job?
Cuts to Government Services
In my experience, this seems typical for some government consultations. The staff can only do so much and there have been staffing cutbacks over the years. Many people grumble when the government hires people, at taxpayer expense, to deal with volume, but when corporations do it’s called good management.
@Bob Morris
So, you’ve moved on to outright trolling?
@what now
On the consultation website under Topics there are 5 links:
Copyright and You
Test of Time
Innovation and Creativity
Competition and Investment
Digital Economy
The consultation essentially boils down to these topics. Each link has a summary and at the end a question. Answer the question in your own words, cite sources if needed but otherwise it can just be your opinion. Also, underneath the questions are the current replies for a given topic; you can respond to or rate them.
Thanks Naveed.
Time to roll up the sleeves so I can at least complain when the gov tries to pull a 360 and shut out our voices.
@what now
I hope you see this. We have a Consultation Guide to help make the process of writing a submission straightforward. You can get the PDF at faircopy.ca/participate
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