The Globe has article today on copyright reform which notes how the CMCC has shifted the focus of the debate and reports that no bill will be coming until the fall at the earliest.
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Hart House Lecture Podcast: Our Own Creative Land
In my Hart House Lecture, Our Own Creative Land: Cultural Monopoly and The Trouble With Copyright, I discussed a number of topics, including the Bulte incident, the opportunities presented by the Internet, the context of the current round of copyright reform. I concluded by sketching out an alternative and forward-looking vision of Canadian copyright law.
The audio is available as part of the Needs No Introduction series on Rabble.ca and a lecture book in PDF form is available for free download.
A video broadcast of the lecture appeared on TVO’s Big Ideas program, but is no longer available online.
CMCC Comes to Ottawa
The Canadian Press is reporting that several musicians from the Canadian Music Creators Coalition, including Steven Page, Andrew Cash, and Brendan Canning, are in Ottawa today meeting with senior government officials. The report says the musicians met with Industry Minister Maxime Bernier and Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda and were […]
Barenaked Guide to Copyright Reform
Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies offers up his guide to copyright reform in a National Post op-ed today. Noting that the "products of the mind" for which the record labels claim to seek protection are the products of artists' minds, Page outlines the three principles articulated by the CMCC, […]
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