The government posted the first batch of copyright consultation responses today, with 26 formal submissions from the first two days of the consultation. Tonight, the consultation Twitter feed indicated that nearly 200 responses were received over the course of the week. With the assistance of Frances Munn, I hope to provide summaries of the responses, though the volume may make this difficult in the weeks ahead. Full text of the responses can be accessed here.
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Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Four
Frances Munn provides the latest update on the copyright consultation discussion forum. The discussion continues to focus primarily on consumer concerns associated with copyright law.
Great First Day For SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca
It was a great first day for SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca with thousands of visitors along with coverage from the Montreal Gazette, Radio-Canada, Ars Technica, and many blogs. Most importantly, many people used the site to speak out on copyright and followed that with a re-tweet to encourage their friends and followers to […]
Tracking the Copyright Consultation Online Discussion Forum, Day Three
The Copyright Consultation's twitter feed has indicated that the first consultation responses will be posted on Friday. In the meantime, Frances Munn has provided an update on the discussion forum, which has now topped 500 comments in a matter of days.
SpeakOutOnCopyright.ca Launches: My New Site on the Copyright Consultation
The 2009 Copyright consultation has already attracted considerable interest with hundreds of comments posted on official discussion forum, two roundtables, and several hundred followers of the official consultation Twitter feed. Yesterday I posted my short answer to the consultation and starting tomorrow I plan to begin a lengthy blog series […]
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