Hugh McGuire reports on a conversation with Marc Garneau, the astronaut and Liberal candidate in Westmount Ville-Marie. Garneau confirms the likely Liberal position on C-61 – kill the bill (which will likely die this week when an election is called) and consult. More interestingly, he notes that he received more […]
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61 Reforms to C-61, Day 50: Education Harms – Lessons Contain Limited Definition of Students
One of the great benefits of distance education and the Internet is the power to extend our traditional notions of a "student body." MIT's Open Courseware Project provides a great example [from column here] Notwithstanding the possibilities, Bill C-61 adopts a very narrow definition of student. Section 30.01(3)(a) states that […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 49: Education Harms – Lessons May Require DRM
The conditions attached to the lesson provisions do not end with destroying lessons that use the exemption at the conclusion of the course. There are two provisions that would appear to encourage (or possibly even require) the use of digital rights management to control the further distribution of these lessons. […]
61 Reforms to C-61, Day 48: Education Harms – Lessons Must Be Destroyed After the Course
In addition to the prospect of new liability, the lesson provisions include a series of draconian conditions that undermine rather than facilitate education. For example, Section 30(5)(a) provides that the education institution is required to: destroy any fixation of the lesson within 30 days after the day on which the […]
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