Post Tagged with: "fair dealing"

C-32 Legislative Committee Discussion Marked By Copyright Confusion

Today’s Bill C-32 Legislative committee hearing, which featured only two witnesses, may have marked a new low given the amount of confusion and misinformation coming from MPs and witnesses.  The panel should have delivered a good debate on C-32 and fair dealing given the presence of the Canadian Teachers Federation […]

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December 13, 2010 18 comments News

Macleans on C-32 & Fair Dealing: Claims of Rampant Copying “Grossly Exaggerated”

Macleans education blog has a post on Bill C-32 and the extension of the fair dealing provision to education.  The post gets beyond the misinformation campaign to set the record straight: “the claims that the addition of education as a fair dealing category will lead to the erosion of the […]

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December 9, 2010 38 comments News

National Post on C-32’s Fair Dealing

The National Post ran a story over the weekend on the fight over fair dealing in Bill C-32.

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December 6, 2010 1 comment News

Q. Do Digital Locks Trump Educational Fair Dealing? A. Yes

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November 26, 2010 36 comments News

Liberals Preparing C-32 Amendments on Digital Locks & Fair Dealing

The Wire Report reports that the Liberals are preparing amendments to Bill C-32 to address digital locks and fair dealing.  The digital lock reforms will apparently address the consumer rights concerns, as Garneau notes in the article that “we believe that if somebody has legitimately bought a work and wants […]

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November 26, 2010 12 comments News