After months of saying little and refusing to meet with many user, education, and consumer groups, Industry Minister Jim Prentice is apparently planning to counter as many negative articles and editorials as he can find. After yesterday's Toronto Star letter (which generated the predictable critical response from Star readers), Prentice […]
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NDP Response to the Prentice DMCA
A blog reader writes with the response they received from NDP Leader Jack Layton on Bill C-61: Thank you for sharing your concern over Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Copyright Act. The NDP is strongly opposed to this bill and we are calling on MPs from other parties […]
Montreal Fair Copyright for Canada Strategy Meeting
The Montreal Gazette reports that the Fair Copyright For Canada Montreal Facebook chapter is planning a strategy meeting on Thursday, June 19th.
Education and Library Groups Speak Out Against Bill C-61
The Canadian Library Association (which calls the new consumer rights "smoke and mirrors"), CAUT ("the effective end of fair dealing"), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences ("not good news for the education and research communities"), and the Canadian Federation of Students ("bill was tabled this summer without any […]
SAC Disappointed that Bill Closes Door on Monetizing P2P
The Songwriters Association of Canada has released their first view of Bill C-61, expressing support that a bill has been tabled but disappointment that the legislation seems to close the door on their efforts to legalize P2P.
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