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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Transcripts for Vancouver and Calgary Copyright Consultations Posted Online
The Copyright Consultation website now features literal transcripts (and MP3 versions) of the first two roundtables held as part of the consultation. The Vancouver roundtable included the following participants:
- Richard Brownsey, British Columbia Film
- Paul Whitney, Canadian Urban Library Council
- Danielle Parr, Software Association of Canada
- Mira Sundara Rajan, Canada Research Chair on Intellectual Property Law, UBC
- Richard Rosenberg, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
- Niina Mitter, British Columbia Library Association Copyright Committee
- Elizabeth Rains, British Columbia Association of Magazine Publishers
- Mary Henricksen, Arts and Culture Branch, Province of British Columbia
- Lisa Codd, British Columbia Museum’s Association
- Charles Lazer, Writer’s Guild of Canada
- Bill Henderson, Songwriters Association of Canada
- Margot Patterson, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
- Stephen Ellis, CFTPA
- Goef Glass, Vancouver Fair Copyright
- Ian Boyko, Canadian Federation of Students
The Return of Captain Copyright? CIPO Launches “Promoting Respect for IP Rights”
Longtime readers of this blog will recall Captain Copyright, the ill-fated Access Copyright copyright "education initiative" that was withdrawn in 2007 following intense criticism. Copyright education initiatives have remained a focus of some rights groups, who believe that convincing kids of the value of copyright can lead to greater respect for copyright law. In fact, in my earlier writing on copyright policy laundering, I noted that a consistent theme has been calls for the government to create and fund public education and awareness programs.
It now appears that the government is laying the foundation to do just that. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office, which falls under Industry Minister Tony Clement's mandate, has quietly launched a "Promoting Respect of Intellectual Property Rights" initiative that involves "exploring ways it can contribute more actively to promoting the respect of intellectual property rights." According to documents obtained from a source recently consulted by CIPO, it is starting the initiative by conducting a gap analysis to identify existing IPR respect promotion programs, key messages, and how CIPO might partner with these efforts. The scope is described as follows:
CIPO's mission is to accelerate Canada's economic development by fostering the use of intellectual property systems and the exploitation of intellectual property (IP) information. The IP rights delivered by the Office enable its owner to profit from the creative endeavour. However, inventors and innovators will only avail themselves of the IP system if this value is respected, i.e., the greater the IPR is respected, the greater the value.
The focus for our IPR promotion work, we believe, will be on awareness-raising and educational programs highlighting the benefits to owners, economic development and Canadians at large, more so than the narrower concept of IPR enforcement. We define “respect of IPR” as: “Understanding what is IP, knowing of the existence of an IP right and affirmatively respecting that right.”
The Return of Captain Copyright? CIPO Launches “Promoting Respect for IP Rights”
Longtime readers of this blog will recall Captain Copyright, the ill-fated Access Copyright copyright "education initiative" that was withdrawn in 2007 following intense criticism. Copyright education initiatives have remained a focus of some rights groups, who believe that convincing kids of the value of copyright can lead to greater respect for copyright law. In fact, in my earlier writing on copyright policy laundering, I noted that a consistent theme has been calls for the government to create and fund public education and awareness programs.
It now appears that the government is laying the foundation to do just that. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office, which falls under Industry Minister Tony Clement's mandate, has quietly launched a "Promoting Respect of Intellectual Property Rights" initiative that involves "exploring ways it can contribute more actively to promoting the respect of intellectual property rights." According to documents obtained from a source recently consulted by CIPO, it is starting the initiative by conducting a gap analysis to identify existing IPR respect promotion programs, key messages, and how CIPO might partner with these efforts. The scope is described as follows:
CIPO's mission is to accelerate Canada's economic development by fostering the use of intellectual property systems and the exploitation of intellectual property (IP) information. The IP rights delivered by the Office enable its owner to profit from the creative endeavour. However, inventors and innovators will only avail themselves of the IP system if this value is respected, i.e., the greater the IPR is respected, the greater the value.
The focus for our IPR promotion work, we believe, will be on awareness-raising and educational programs highlighting the benefits to owners, economic development and Canadians at large, more so than the narrower concept of IPR enforcement. We define “respect of IPR” as: “Understanding what is IP, knowing of the existence of an IP right and affirmatively respecting that right.”
Angus: C-61 Was “Bulky, Unenforceable, and Ultimately Ridiculous”
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