The Canadian Media Guild has published the results of a survey that show 84% of respondents opposed to a plan that will create a two-tier system for over-the-air television signals (some will have it, others won't). The survey was conducted in Kamloops, which stands to lose its OTA signal in […]
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ITWorldCanada on Copyright Reform
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The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: My Opening Remarks
As I posted earlier, I was fortunate to receive an invitation to the copyright consultation roundtable in Gatineau this evening. Given the large group, each participant was limited to between three and five minutes. My opening remarks were as follows:
Prepared Remarks
Copyright Consultation Roundtable, Gatineau, QC
July 29, 2009
Let me start by thanking both Ministers for the invitation and for conducting this consultation. Last summer, I wrote a 61 part series on fixing Bill C-61 and the very first entry focused on the lack of consultation, so I think this is a great first step.
There is so much to say – preserving the public domain, modernizing the backup copy provision, removing crown copyright, sticking with notice-and-notice for ISPs, reforming the statutory damages provision by distinguishing between commercial and non-commercial infringement, to name just a few.
But I instead want to pick up on Minister Clement’s opening challenge: how do we establish reforms that last?
The Gatineau Copyright Roundtable: The Participants
Tonight I had the opportunity to participate in the copyright consultation roundtable in Gatineau. The roundtable was the largest and longest to-date – 20 participants with some of the most active copyright organizations in the country in attendance. I will follow this post with two more: one with my opening […]
Access Copyright Warns On Copyright Consultation
On the day that Howard Knopf blogged about how Access Copyright is offering licences for public domain materials, BoingBoing points out that the copyright collective sent out a dire warning to its members. Copyright Debate Takes Aim at Your Livelihood claims that the online debate is "dominated by individuals who […]
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