Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Fair Dealing by Giulia Forsythe (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/dRkXwP

Copyright

The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 27: Association of Canadian Community Colleges

The Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) is the national, voluntary membership organization created in 1972 to represent colleges and institutes to government, business and industry, both in Canada and internationally. The ACCC has been outspoken on copyright reform and included the following in its comments on the digital lock […]

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November 10, 2011 1 comment News

Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry: Sources & Background Material

Since the posting of Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry, my recent keynote lecture to the Nova Scotia Music Week conference, several people have written to ask for supporting documentation and background materials. The talk focused on CRIA’s conventional talking points and assessed Bill C-11 provisions on statutory damages, ISP liability, the enabler provision, and digital locks.  Below I’ve posted links to many of the supporting documents along with links to additional articles and sources on each issue.  The video is embedded at the bottom of this post.


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November 9, 2011 2 comments News

The Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 26: Canadian Association of Media Education Associations

The Canadian Association of Media Education Associations is an association of Canadian media literacy groups from across Canada. The goal of CAMEO, through its member organizations, is to advocate, promote and develop media literacy in Canada. It provided a submission to the copyright consultation and had the following to say […]

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November 9, 2011 2 comments News

Daily Digital Lock Dissenter, Day 25: Canadian Assoc of Music Libraries, Archives and Doc Centres

The Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres represents librarians, archivists, educators and researchers in the field of music. Members are drawn from universities, colleges, Library and Archives Canada, provincial archives, music conservatories, orchestra and radio libraries, the Canadian Music Centre, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind […]

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November 8, 2011 15 comments News

Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry

This weekend, I was pleased to deliver a keynote address at the Nova Scotia Music Week conference. While groups like CRIA (Music Canada) position themselves as industry-wide representatives, discussions with many in the industry in Nova Scotia revealed considerable disagreement. My talk – Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry  – focused on CRIA’s conventional talking points and assessed Bill C-11 provisions on statutory damages, ISP liability, the enabler provision, and digital locks. See this post for links to the supporting documents, additional articles and sources on each issue.

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November 7, 2011 5 comments Conferences, News, Video