Throughout the copyright consultation, I've been assisted by University of Ottawa student Frances Munn, who has been tracking the discussion in the online forum (earlier updates here, here, and here). While submissions will still be accepted until midnight tonight, the discussion forum is now closed. The forum attracted over 2,000 comments with a summary posted below.
Archive for September, 2009
Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion Forum: Final Results
Rogers Raises Questions About CRTC “Procedural Fairness”
Rogers has issued a press release raising questions about whether certain CRTC commissioners, including Chair Konrad von Finckenstein, have pre-judged the fee-for-carriage issue and should drop out of the hearing on the issue later this year.
Canadian Association of Broadcasters on Copyright Reform
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has posted its copyright consultation submission. The CAB argues that the ratification of the WIPO Internet treaties should not be the primary driver of new reforms and that user rights are an integral part of Canadian copyright.
Jesse Brown: Publicly Funded Content Should Be Public Domain
Jesse Brown of Search Engine has a guest post at BoingBoing that stirred up considerable discussion. Brown argues that publicly funded content should be released to the public domain within five years of creation.
5 Major Research Universities Endorse Open-Access Journals
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley have signed a compact agreeing to the “timely establishment” of mechanisms for providing financial support for free open-access journals. Where are Canadian universities on open […]
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